Quick reminder for this Thursday series: AI Is My Co-Pilot.
Not “AI is my replacement.”
Winning with AI is using it to improve what you already do.
Draft faster. Think clearer. Ship better.
Today’s example is a great tweet (I’m sharing it as an image).
It’s specific. It has real constraints. It lands a point.
And… it still has a few “AI tells” that would take 45 seconds to clean up.
And it’s also a great example of something else:
45 seconds of editing would make it feel way more human.
That’s the move we’re learning today.
We’ve all seen it
You can usually spot “AI writing” even when it’s saying smart things.
Not because the ideas are bad — but because it has these little fingerprints:
it drops in numbers like they came from nowhere
it uses punctuation like duct tape
it ends with a tidy “summary sentence” that sounds like a slide deck
None of that makes the post wrong.
It just makes it feel like a computer wrote it.
The 3 AI fingerprints (and the quick fix)
1) Numbers with no “where did that come from?”
On X, ~ is normal. It saves space. No problem.
The tell is using it over and over plus a clean percentage with no reference at all.
Quick fix: keep it tight, but give the reader a trust anchor.
“(FAO estimates, last I checked)”
“(World Bank/FAO data is a good starting point)”
“(rough estimates, but the gap is the point)”
You’re not trying to win a debate. You’re just showing you didn’t invent the numbers.
2) The em dash doing too much work
AI loves an em dash as sentence glue.
Quick fix: commas or a second sentence.
“Turning land into output needs property rights, inputs, roads, power, and credit. Then it needs long-term investment.”
It reads cleaner and feels more like something a person typed.
3) The “wrap-up line” voice
This is the big one.
AI loves a neat closer that sounds like a headline:
“This isn’t X, it’s Y.”
“That’s not a resource play…”
“In other words…”
Sometimes it works. Often it feels like the tool is trying to sound smart instead of trying to be clear.
Quick fix: end like a person who’s actually thought about the situation.
Examples:
“Without significant investment, it’s hard to see that changing.”
“Without the basics in place, the land doesn’t matter much.”
“Until the infrastructure and incentives are there, it’s a tough path forward.”
Same meaning. More human.
What this means for your business marketing
Your customers don’t care if you used AI.
They care if you sound real.
So the best workflow is simple:
Let AI help you draft fast
Add your truth and your specifics
Remove the fingerprints
Post it
AI drafts fast. You finish like a human.
Prompt of the Week: The 45-Second Humanizer (for any social post)
Copy/paste this after AI gives you a draft:
PROMPT:
“Help me edit this post so it sounds like a real person wrote it.
Do three things:
If I use numbers, help me add a quick reference or qualifier (ex: ‘FAO estimates,’ ‘based on ___,’ or ‘roughly/depending on the estimate’) without making it long.
Remove any em dashes that are just holding the sentence together. Use commas or split into two sentences.
Rewrite the final line so it doesn’t sound like a ‘summary sentence.’ Make it sound like a human conclusion.
Give me 2 versions:
Version A: casual and conversational
Version B: direct and confident
Here’s the draft:
[PASTE YOUR POST]”
Optional add-on (if the post includes stats):
“Flag anything that seems like it would need a source before I post it.”
So… how would I have cleaned up the tweet?
Venezuela has about 30M ha of potentially cultivable land.
But only ~4M ha (13%) are used.
Turning land into output needs property rights, inputs, roads, power, credit.
Plus long term investment.
Without significant investment, it’s hard to see that changing.
Co-Pilot Rule #2
Let AI draft. Let yourself finish.
That last 45 seconds is where trust lives.
If you want, hit reply with a post you’re about to publish and I’ll show you what the 45-second edit looks like on your words.