Are AI Bots Really Required In The Writing Industry??

Since the invention of AI, there is always a question pop-ups in our mind, Can AI replace humans?

There are two absolute opposite thoughts click our mind when we think about AI.

“Holy shit! AI will replace human” and “Brilliant invention, but robots can’t work as a creative person”

You’ll be amazed to know how many reliable media organizations like Washington Post, The New York Times, and Yahoo are already using AI to produce content.

The Washington Post AI bot Heliograf is already writing hundreds of news a day for their digital platform. Meantime, journalists focus on digging out facts, eliminating fake news, crunching more data.

Different ways AI can be used in the writing process.

AI robots are already writing novels, news, and poem. But they are not remotely available for commoners. Currently, there are only a few basics AI tools available that help writers in their editing and proofreading process.

Smart proofreading

AI tools such as Microsoft Word’s Editor not only spell check your content but also understand the context of a write-up. Accordingly, it’ll highlight the dangling modifier, wordiness, awkward phrases, punctuations errors.

The prominent Grammarly AI-powered assistance comes up with a browser plugin that helps you compose mistake-free writing on the web.

Plagiarism Checker

Sometimes writer forgets that he is using the actual words that he read on the web. That’s not allowed in professional writing. Presenting someone’s work from your name is considered as a serious crime for writers, artists. Fortunately, AI tools help you detect the plagiarism of the content.

Content assessment

AI assistance tools like Yoast and Hemingway editor let you enhance the quality of your content. In a similar line, they calculate the readability, display major writing glitches, and offer smart suggestions. For example, if you write a sentence in the passive voice, it’ll help you change it in active voice.

Machine or Human?

Writers are afraid that AI robots will replace them. But the fact is AI is developed for cooperation, not for competition. The purpose of AI writers is to complete the mainstream works quickly so that human writers focus on creative stuff. AI will make the writing process smooth, simple, but not going to snatch the human writer’s job.

Do you think you can identify the writing of AI robots or humans? Enjoy this quiz from New York Times and try to find the difference between the content of a human and a bot.