Humanize-AI

A Clawdbot skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text, making it sound more natural and human.

Installation

Install via ClawdHub:

clawdhub install humanize-ai

Usage

Ask your agent to humanize text:

Please humanize this text: [your text]

Or invoke directly when editing documents.

Overview

Based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" guide, maintained by WikiProject AI Cleanup. This comprehensive guide comes from observations of thousands of instances of AI-generated text.

Key Insight

"LLMs use statistical algorithms to guess what should come next. The result tends toward the most statistically likely result that applies to the widest variety of cases."

24 Patterns Detected

Content Patterns

1. Significance inflation - "marking a pivotal moment..." → specific facts 2. Notability name-dropping - listing sources without context 3. Superficial -ing analyses - "symbolizing... reflecting..." 4. Promotional language - "nestled within the breathtaking..." 5. Vague attributions - "Experts believe..." 6. Formulaic challenges - "Despite challenges... continues to thrive"

Language Patterns

7. AI vocabulary - "Additionally... testament... landscape..." 8. Copula avoidance - "serves as" instead of "is" 9. Negative parallelisms - "It's not just X, it's Y" 10. Rule of three - forcing ideas into groups of three 11. Synonym cycling - excessive synonym substitution 12. False ranges - "from X to Y" on non-meaningful scales

Style Patterns

13. Em dash overuse 14. Boldface overuse 15. Inline-header lists 16. Title Case Headings 17. Emoji decoration 18. Curly quotation marks

Communication Patterns

19. Chatbot artifacts - "I hope this helps!" 20. Cutoff disclaimers - "While details are limited..." 21. Sycophantic tone - "Great question!"

Filler and Hedging

22. Filler phrases - "In order to", "Due to the fact that" 23. Excessive hedging - "could potentially possibly" 24. Generic conclusions - "The future looks bright"

Full Example

Before (AI-sounding):

The new software update serves as a testament to the company's commitment to innovation. Moreover, it provides a seamless, intuitive, and powerful user experience—ensuring that users can accomplish their goals efficiently.

After (Humanized):

The software update adds batch processing, keyboard shortcuts, and offline mode. Early feedback from beta testers has been positive, with most reporting faster task completion.

References

License

MIT