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How to figure out if a text is AI-generated without using any apps and How to ensure an AI-generated text doesn't get flagged 1. Words: By now, everyone knows that ChatGPT overuses words like delve, intricate, realm, and tapestry. If these words appear frequently in a text, chances are it's AI-generated. 2. Sentence Structure: For some reason, AI overuses participial phrases, especially present participial phrases. [Quick grammar lesson A participle is a word formed using a verb (cry, burn), but used as an adjective (crying baby, burning wood). A participial phrase is a group of words that modify a noun. These phrases provide extra information about a noun. Example: He sat by the fire, looking out the window. She entered the room, smiling brightly. Here the part of the sentence after the comma is a participial phrase. AI uses present participial phrases quite frequently. These phrases start with a word that ends with -ing, like "looking" and "smiling" in the examples above.] AI-generated texts will have several sentences containing present participial phrases (sometimes one in each paragraph). 3. Perfect Structure AI-generated texts will have a perfect structure: a perfectly written introduction and a perfectly written conclusion with clear rhetorical signposts like "In conclusion" etc. Every paragraph will have a perfect topic sentence. Between paragraphs, you will see, perfect transition sentences. It's not that a human can't produce a perfectly structured piece of writing. It's just that it takes several drafts to polish the structure. If a student turns in a pefectly structured piece of writing in a short span of time, chances are the text is AI-generated. 4. Perfect Punctuation AI-generated texts will have perfect punctuation and a bunch of em dashes (—) thrown in. None of these features alone mean that a text is AI-generated. For example, if a text contains several em dashes, it doesn't automatically mean it's AI-generated. But if a text contains pefectly structured paragraphs with sentence containing words like delve/intricate with participial phrases, chances are it's AI-generated. If you use ChatGPT, you can customize it, so it doesn't use words like delve/intricate and avoids overusing participial phrases. You can also ask it not to write pefect topic/transition sentences and muddle up the punctuation. Always reword/rephrase whatever text AI gives you. If you're a student who want to use AI to avoid learning how to write, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. Writing helps you clarify your thought processes and articulate your ideas precisely. You want to be able to do that.