Honestly, I laughed at some of the advice in @mikeappsreviewer’s and @chasseurdetoiles’ posts, especially the existential CAPTCHA struggle and the “Yoda sentence” problem, but I’d say you gotta go deeper than just running your stuff through an “AI humanizer” (though, for the record, Clever Free Ai Humanizer is probably the one worth checking out if you want to try that route).
Here’s where I slightly disagree: relying on those tools alone just gets you more bot-on-bot action. The output is smoother, sure, but it all starts to sound like the same “I’m totally a real person, trust me bro” script. If you want your AI text to really pass, you gotta dig your hands into the content yourself.
What’s been working for me? Stop treating AI output as “done” and more like a “first draft from a robot intern.” I always inject weird specifics or inside jokes—stuff a language model would never say. Drop in something hyper-local or oddly personal, like “That reminds me of the time I almost set my microwave on fire with a Pop-Tart.” Humans ramble, get sidetracked, and contradict themselves sometimes. Let a few of those slips and asides stay in. (Just don’t overdo it, or you end up sounding like a Facebook uncle.)
One thing I def wouldn’t do is add intentional typos or too much slang unless you’re 100% sure your audience is into that—it can backfire hard in formal contexts or with certain age groups. Also, reading out loud STILL beats any tool, in my opinion. If it’s awkward to say, it’s even more awkward to read.
The big trick is to combine the cleaning-up effects of a tool like Clever Free Ai Humanizer with a healthy dose of “mess” that only you, the real human (hopefully), can provide. And if you ever doubt your edit, paste it into an AI detector just to double check. (Both @mikeappsreviewer and @chasseurdetoiles have pointed out, detectors are getting savage.)
In short: tools help but don’t replace your own quirks, tangents, and the occasional verbal detour. That’s what makes writing feel alive. Where are you planning to use this—business about page, TikTok captions, absurd fanfic? Context totally changes how much “human” flavor you can get away with.