Remember when everyone was concerned about A.I. being ACCURATE enough to use for everyday things, like help writing reports and email responses? Then, it turned out to be TOO GOOD, and people became concerned that if it looked too perfect, others would KNOW you used A.I.
There’s a new app called “Sinceerly“, intentionally spelled with a misplaced E, which claims it can nix the tell-tale signs of A.I. writing, so that it looks and sounds more human.
There are three different settings: “Subtle”, “Human”, and “CEO.”
The website Gizmodo did a test by feeding one paragraph through each of the filters, and “Subtle” added a few mistakes, “Human” was more messy, and the CEO had errors, along with professionally clipped delivery and a rushed lack of initial capitals.
But overall, it wasn’t all that impressive. They even included one of the classic A.I. tells in the original text, the “it’s not [x], it’s [y]” cadence, and that was left intact in each version. (Maybe A.I. isn’t THAT self-aware yet.)
So it kinda seems like more of a stunt than an ACTUAL tool.
And that’s because it is. The developer of the app admits that it IS tongue-in-cheek, even though the website makes it sound serious.
He also said, “The whole thing is meant to make people think twice and have a little fun. It’s closer to satire.”
Even if this is a joke to some degree now, this kind of tool WOULD have appeal now, at least while people have hang-ups about certain stuff, like emails and assessments, being done by A.I.
There’s a good chance that A.I. becomes so prevalent, soon, that people don’t care, because it’s just expected in certain forums. Like how people are getting used to A.I. outlines in many internet searches.
