These sentences indicate that you used ChatGPT, and I'm a professional editor.

There was a period when I presided over a crooked newspaper.

The CEO was indifferent to the fact that his business operations were unlawful, the authors were all using ChatGPT, and the product review articles were fraudulent. I was unaware of this when I accepted the position, but the secrets started to emerge within days of beginning my new function.

Big language models like ChatGPT aren't always bad, in my view.

Writing with AI can be a game-changer.

Personal usage includes coming up with ideas, making ideas more clear, simplifying formatting, and honing writing skills. When I'm stuck for a term, it saves my sanity. (Hint: When you're ready to write your sentence, put an underscore in the middle and ask ChatGPT to fill it in with the right phrase.)

However, exploiting AI to produce content is quite different from using it as a complement. The former enhances quality and efficiency. The latter will lead to a precipitous decline in your reputation since it belittles the reader's intellect.

The writers on my recently acquired team were utilizing AI to produce complete pieces, and it was brutally evident.

Their information was repetitious, uninteresting, and badly written, not to mention factually inaccurate.

Because AI wants to answer your prompt but may not have the appropriate facts to do so, chatbots frequently create “hallucinations,” or information that’s illogical and wrong. They may grab quotations, facts, or ideas out of thin air, and unless you fact-check your work, you’ll never know it.

Misinformation was the initial warning sign, but AI-generated material also includes the same sentences again and over again.

These words make it incredibly evident that you utilized ChatGPT.

. “Treasure trove”

. “Intricate tapestry”

. “It’s important to note that”

. “It’s essential to consider.”

. “While navigating the complexities of”

. “A testament to”

. “Furthermore”

. “Consequently”

. “In the world of”

. “Let’s delve into”

. “Look no further than”

. “Whether you're... or...”

. “A plethora of”

. “In conclusion”

What do most of these sentences have in common?

They’re low-effort transition phrases that don’t imply much of anything. They’re fluff. Placeholders. Wasted word count. Bad writing.

But why would ChatGPT vomit out awful writing if language is supposed to be its specialty?

Large language models like ChatGPT are typically trained using publicly accessible material from the internet. Yes, there is some decent writing—but for every high-quality item, you’ll discover hundreds of generic listicles, terrible blog entries, spamming pieces, keyword-stuffed rubbish, and amateur essays with no views.

In other words, ChatGPT learns how to write by examining material from inexperienced authors.

Real authors do utilize the aforementioned sentences.

But it doesn’t imply they make for excellent writing.

In fact, if you eliminated those terms totally, most of your statements wouldn’t lose any sense. But it would result in a cleaner, more succinct, and more confident article.

Beginners feel that elaborate, wordy language charms readers. Professionals recognize that writing is a kind of communication, and communication should be as plain as possible.

A couple of these phrases won’t make or break your work, but when most of them are present in the same piece, it informs your editor of two things: You utilized ChatGPT as a shortcut (not a springboard), and you have no interest in perfecting your skill as a writer.

As for me?

I was dismissed from that corrupt newspaper because I refused to let AI replace passionate, skilled authors, and I wear that job termination like a badge of pride.