AI detection guides
Em Dash AI: Does an Em Dash Mean a Text Was Written by AI?
Writers used em dashes for centuries before chatbots. Here's what the data on em dashes and AI actually shows, and how to use the mark well.
AI detection guides
How AI detectors work, how to read an AI score, how accurate detectors really are, and where AI detection goes wrong. Plain guides backed by research.
AI detection guides
AI Words to Avoid: The Research, the List and Plain Swaps
Delve, underscore, meticulous. Here's what research says about the words AI overuses, a table of plain swaps, and the structural habits that matter more.
AI detection guides
How to Tell If Something Is Written by AI: A Reader's Method
A practical method for spotting AI writing: what to check in facts, sources, structure and voice, and why your instinct alone is a poor judge.
AI detection guides
Are AI Detectors Accurate? What Independent Research Shows
Independent studies show AI detectors vary a lot, and even a small error rate adds up. Here's what the research found and how to read any accuracy claim.
AI detection guides
How Do AI Detectors Work? A Plain-English Guide
AI detectors measure how predictable your words are and turn that into a probability. Here's how that works, step by step, and where it breaks down.
