Artificial Intelligence Complete Guide to “Fixing” AI Generated Content

Ah, AI-generated content! It’s a fascinating topic full of potential. But let’s pause for a moment and consider the contextual limitations and challenges that come with it. Shall we?

AI Generated Content Limitations

Knowledge Cutoff and Contextual Ambiguity

Context is crucial because AI-generated text can’t always capture the full meaning without explicit information.

But there’s more to it. Sometimes, understanding the context can be tricky. While AI models excel at grasping general concepts, they might struggle with the nuances and subtleties of language. 

AI models have a knowledge cutoff point. This means they are limitedly aware of events or advancements beyond a certain time frame. These models take some time to fetch even the most recent updates. So, keep in mind that most information might be outdated.

If you are running a news events related website, it might not be a good idea to rely solely on AI to generate the latest news because it’s going to spit false facts. 

Unintended Biases: Reflections from the Training Data

You wouldn’t want to throw biases in your audience’s way, right?

AI-generated text inadvertently reflects the biases present in the training data. Most AI writing tools are trained on a vast amount of internet text, and unfortunately, biases can exist within that data. So, it’s important to be aware that AI-generated text might unintentionally amplify those biases.

Limited Coherence and Accuracy

Now, let’s talk about coherence. While AI models can produce impressive text, they’re not well reading. These models might generate incorrect or nonsensical information. Ambiguous queries or incomplete information can lead to misleading or irrelevant responses. It’s an ongoing challenge to consistently generate coherent and contextually appropriate text.

Understanding vs. Imitation: Consciousness and Comprehension

Here’s an interesting thought: AI-generated text lacks true understanding of consciousness. It can mimic human-like conversation, but it lacks genuine comprehension. We call this phenomenon “AI Hallucinations”. 

The responses we get are based on training data patterns and AI generates them without true understanding of the meaning behind the words. This limitation affects the depth of engagement and empathy in AI-generated text.

AI Ethical Challenges: Content Misuse and Your Responsibility

Now, let’s talk about the ethical challenges. AI-generated text can be misused or used with malicious intent such as creating deepfakes, fake news, or manipulative content that deceives or harms individuals. Responsible development and deployment of AI-generated text systems are crucial to mitigate these risks and ensure ethical use.

Now, Let’s Look Beyond AI Limitations – Recent Improvements in AI Writing Tools

Despite these limitations and challenges, AI-generated text offers incredible potential. AI text writing tools can assist with information retrieval, translation, content creation, and much more. Creators are anticipating significant advancements that will address the limitations and push the boundaries of AI-generated text. So far, here is what we have seen:

• Improved chat context retention (It means that the AI writing tools can refer to previous chat discussion and provide more accurate responses to upcoming prompts)
• Enhanced User Prompt Comprehension (for example, AI writing tools better understands textual nuances and auto-fixes grammar mistakes in the prompt text to provide better, more relevant outputs)
• Better Long Form Writing Capabilities (for example, AI writing assistants can now filter larger data sets and retrieve more comprehensive long form information on any given topic)
• Tone And Style Adjustments (AI users can now self-train the AI writing tool by showing it examples of the content tone and language writing style they want to follow)
• Refined Multilingual Capabilities (for example, AI writing tools can now generate more refined and culturally relevant text in different languages – previously multilingual text generation looked like bland English to any language translations)
• Online Browsing Capabilities (GPT-4 is a fairly large AI language model with web access capabilities. It means that AI can now retrieve most recent and relevant information from online resources – minimizing the need for manual research)

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How Can You Overcome AI Generated Content Challenges?

Embracing Continuous Learning and Improvement

Larger Data Sets = Better AI Learning = Refined Output

One key strategy to overcome AI-generated text challenges is continuous learning and improvement. Developers and researchers are constantly working to enhance the underlying models, fine-tune algorithms, and expand the training data. 

Context is King: Provide Clear and Specific Input

AI loves details. Although AI is powerful but you must master it. 

Specific instructions enhance AI’s understanding of your writing goals. 

When using AI, provide specific writing instructions or relevant examples to help the AI model better understand your intended task goal. A little extra information goes a long way in overcoming contextual limitations.

Battling Biases: Editorial and Development Roles

Now, this one requires a more proactive approach at editor and developer level. While developers must scrutinize the training data carefully, writers and editors must fact-check every output before sharing. 

Collaborative Filtering: User Feedback and Human-in-the-Loop

Putting humans in the loop provides the necessary oversight to overcome AI generated text limitations. User feedback helps in battling content inaccuracies, and fine-tune the models accordingly. Editorial reviewers can validate the output and guide the AI developers to enhance the quality and reliability of AI generated text.

11 Actionable Tips to Fix AI Generated Content 

You got it! Let’s take these tips and turn them into an engaging and conversational guide to overcome contextual and factual bias in AI-generated writing. Get ready for an exciting journey to tackle biases and ensure the accuracy of AI-generated text. Buckle up, and let’s dive right in!

Tip 1: Understand Different AI Use Cases

Surprisingly, most of us don’t understand AI capabilities fully. We tend to use a hit and trial method and ultimately give up when things don’t seem to go our way. 

Remember the Rule: AI output is just as good as the human input it receives.

In order to do that, familiarize yourself with the strengths and limitations of your selected AI Tool. Understand that AI can assist in generating content but requires human input for creativity, coherence, and context.

For Example: An AI report writing model is a better option for creating data-driven summaries or reports rather than blog writing. 

Most AI writing tools provide use cases to streamline the writing process. If you are using an AI chat model, inform it about what you need and take it from there.  

Tip 2: Provide Clear Instructions to AI: 

Clear instructions will give you refined and accurate output. 

An AI writing assistant solely relies on your instructions to complete a certain task. So you must clearly communicate the desired tone, style, and purpose of the text so that AI can tailor the response to your expectations.

This is where prompt engineering comes into play. 

AI prompt writing is not for everyone but you can learn it with some practice. Try different AI prompts and find out what works best for you. 

If you ask AI to write a product description, you will get something like this:

BUT If are more specific, and prompt AI with:

“write a clear, engaging, persuasive product description about [Product Name]. Highlight features like [insert product features] and describe the benefits for audience [insert audience]”.

You will get a more refined response:

Now you see, both descriptions look good, but the second one is more refined, targetted, engaging and specific. 

Tip 3: Self-Train AI on More Data

AI models are trained on a rich data set gathered from diverse sources. We’re talking about different perspectives, cultures, and languages in the training data. So, obviously AI responses sometimes go off-track. 

But there is a simple method to break free from biases and get more accurate AI-generated responses.

We call it AI model self-training. 

What do I mean by that? Instead of letting AI sift through its training data and connect the dots to create a response for you, you provide AI with the “data” or information you want it to follow. 

For example, if you are about to create a news article on the latest movie releases, train AI about the movie names you want to mention in the article. This way, you will get a more specific and accurate response. 

AI response 1:

AI Response 2:

See, it ultimately boils down to what you need from AI. 

Tip 4: Fact-Check like a Pro: 

Just like you Fact-check your daily life, use the same level of diligence for scanning and editing AI generated text. Double-check the accuracy and relevance of AI generated information. Cross-check facts, statistics, and references with reliable sources to ensure correctness.

• Cross-Reference Information from reliable sources to consistency and verification. 
• Use Fact-Checking Websites like Snopes, FactCheck.org, and PolitiFact 
• Consult Experts for specialized content and include their quotes in your content.
• Visit Primary Information Sources such as first-hand experiences, official records, or documents as much as possible.
• Check The Data statistics and make sure it comes from a reliable source such as government websites, research organizations, or official surveys
• Review Personal Biases and don’t let your opinions influence the content. 
• Last but not the least, Use Common Sense and rely on your instincts. If something seems too shocking, outrageous, or unlikely, it warrants rigorous fact-checking.

Tip 5: Add The Human Touch: 

Let’s not forget the invaluable role of humans in the process. Introduce a human review process to validate the AI-generated text. Trained reviewers assess the contextual accuracy and factual correctness to remove inaccuracies and biases.

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Tip 6: Read, Detect and Correct: 

It’s time to put your detective hat on! Use grammar detection tools to spot and address errors in AI generated text. Use AI-generated text only as a starting point and review it for editing. Refine the text to improve coherence, correct factual inaccuracies, and add your unique voice to make it truly compelling.

Tip 7: Establish a Feedback Loop

Seek Feedback from Peers and incorporate their suggestions and insights to further refine and enhance the AI Generated text. This step will eliminate unnecessary jargon, fine-tune the language and remove colloquial errors. 

Tip 8: Maintain Consistency: 

Use consistent style, terminology, and voice throughout your writing. Adapt the AI-generated text to match your established writing conventions and brand voice to get a cohesive and polished end result.

Fill in Your Brand voice guidelines and share them with your writing and editorial team.

Tip 9: Craft Engaging Introductions and Conclusions: 

Pay special attention to introduction and conclusion. 

These sections set the tone and play an important role in grabbing readers’ attention. Tailor the AI-generated text to create impactful openings and memorable closings.

Write Strong Hooks and Taglines to engage readers from the first go.

Tip 10: Inject Creativity and Originality: 

Use AI-generated text as a springboard for your creative ideas. If the AI generates a basic outline, expand upon it by adding unique examples, anecdotes, metaphors, or imaginative descriptions that reflect your own creativity and originality.

However, doing this may not be easy. Read How to Use Metaphor in Writing Naturally? to overcome this challenge.

Tip 11: Ethical Guardianship: 

Last but not least, establish clear ethical guidelines and content governance frameworks. Make sure to check the content for plagiarism, originality and fair use. 

Ethical guidelines for responsible AI use:

• Transparency: Disclose AI’s use in content creation.
• Accuracy: Fact-check and review AI-generated content.
• Privacy: Respect data privacy and avoid misuse.
• Bias: Regularly check and correct AI for potential biases.
• Control: Keep human oversight over AI outputs.
• Copyright: Avoid infringing copyrights using AI.

So, what does this imply for the writing industry?

The era of mediocrity is over – now, it is all about the survival of the fittest. It means that the only way writers, creators and marketers can survive in cut-throat competition is by creating remarkable content which brings the MOST VALUE to readers. 

Use AI to build your content foundation and use your creativity and oversight to fine-tune the content.

Happy writing!

Note: This guide is co-written using WriteMe.AI.