ChatGPT vs Man-Made Writing
- Jackson Gould
- Apr 25
- 5 min read
Science and Technology
ChatGPT vs Man Made Writing
ChatGPT, AI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. It has led to both positive and negative results. ChatGPT has shown incredible potential regarding its usage when assisting with your writing. But does it elevate your writing? Or does it just write the essay for you, while leaving out the genuine human touch.
Recent studies have shown that ChatGPT is still in early stages of what it wants to eventually become a system that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. ChatGPT is still in its early stages of development, and that essay it generated is likely not as accurate or well-written as you'd expect it to be. ChatGPT is useful but it can’t write the whole essay with a hundred percent accuracy for you. AI has the potential for generating fake citations and references that look fine but are not as proper as if you did it yourself as you'll still have to edit certain sections and fact check.
ChatGPT has brought in a new age of writing, but at the same time has brought about new issues such as bias, plagiarism, and factual inconsistencies. These issues pose a serious challenge of differentiating actual human made writing vs artificial intelligence writing. While traditional writing methods offer more control over the writer's voice, ChatGPT can be a tool for exploring different tones or perspectives while sometimes going off topic or going too much into a topic.
How To Detect AI?
AI has been a major convenience in many people’s lives, especially students. But when it comes to credibility, students' writings can get a little fishy. Differentiating between human produced writing and AI generated writing can be difficult, but it can be done. Here’s some cues to look out for when reading a piece of writing. Firstly AI has problems finding a consistent voice, as it doesn’t have a personality. Secondly AI has positives but when you actually look at what's been generated, it mostly looks very plain and simple and not top tier quality. The negatives outweigh the positives when it comes to students using AI in writing, due to the lack of interest conveyed by the writing itself as the writing produced is very boring and basic.
How Does One AI Compare To Another AI?
AI generated content like ChatGPT , Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot have proven that they have worth in society, but how does the writing generated compare between each different AI Platform? Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are both powerful AI assistants, but each cater to different needs, ChatGPT is versatile and it can be used for the most diverse applications. In conclusion, ChatGPT is suitable for various tasks and creative writing. While Microsoft Copilot focuses on enhancing productivity within the Microsoft ecosystem, especially for professional writers.
Abstract picture of two heads, one containing a human brain the other containing AI depicted as gears.
Now ChatGPT vs Google Gemini is a bit more complicated when comparing each. While ChatGPT generally excels in text-based tasks and research, Google Gemini shines in creative tasks and image generation. Both platforms are targeted towards completely different users and that’s why AI generated programs are difficult to put side by side, because each platform doesn’t replicate the competitors' targeted audiences, meaning each AI has a niche in the market.
Generative AI vs AI Chatbots, What’s The Difference?
AI Chatbots and normal standard AI what’s the difference? Well there are Chatbots computer programs that simulate human conversations to create better experiences for customers. This form of interaction can come off highly effective or conversely very unnatural. It all depends on the AI language processing system, how fast it can process what it’s being told. The limitations of chatbots have shown in how they struggle to problem solve in faster customer interaction situations.
Generative AI is a type of program that can create new content like text, images, audio, and videos. Generative AI bases all of its results on pre-existing data. Generative AI differs from AI Chatbots in how it’s used. With AI Chatbots, the AI is used to solve problems on a more personal social interaction, whereas Generative Al is a more immediate instant form of artificial intelligence. People who use Generative Al don’t come for the interaction, they come for the good and services that are generated. Whereas people who use Chatbots usually need assistance with achieving a certain task, usually involving very specific information.
When Writing With AI Do You Lose Yourself in it?
When Writing with Artificial intelligence, I find that I lose my voice and also feel a lack of integrity in my writing. I came across an article that implies that you can get to the point where you as a writer can become overly dependent on ChatGPT. I believe this can be considered a form of addiction. Addicted to AI is when your writing becomes less personal, less natural, and less you. When a writer's writing is not just co- dependent on AI but manufactured around it. AI’s flaws begin to seep through the cracks, contaminating the personal touch of an individual’s writing style.
When you're addicted to anything, it has some sort of hold on you. So when you’re writing with AI generated assistance, the convenience of just imputing what you want and the algorithm giving it to you, can lead a person to have unhealthy urges or impulses to immediately use an AI like ChatGPT even though they don’t exactly need it.
What Teachers Think of ChatGPT
So when covering AI, the question of whether teachers and educators approve of AI assistance tools. When searching through the internet I came across a article published in 2023 by Edweek.org titled “What Educators Think About Using AI in Schools” by Lauraine Langreo. The majority of teachers shared the opinion that AI is not good for students' learning. The article states “ And Nearly half of educators who responded to a recent EdWeek Research Center survey said AI would have a negative or very negative impact on teaching and learning in the next five years. Twenty-seven percent said AI’s impact would be positive or very positive.” This is very concerning as AI doesn’t seem to be on its way out. Hopefully though maybe AI will be more restricted with how teachers allow students to use.
In many cases AI aids students with the ability to reach the goal of submitting their assignments in a timely fashion. Warning signs such as how the students get from point A to point B in their writing is worrisome due to the over reliance on AI’s. The question teachers pose is. How much of the writing is AI writing. Teachers also worry about the mental health aspect of artificial intelligences such as ChatGPT and Gemini and how AI will affect Students ability to be self dependent and to maintain a creative outlook within their writing process.
Work cited
https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-03-12/researchers-warn-addiction-over-dependency-chatgpt#:~:text=dependency%20on%20ChatGPT-,Researchers%20warn%20of%20addiction%20and%20over%2Ddependency%20on%20ChatGPT,conversational%20tools%2C%20such%20as%20ChatGPT.
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