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AI slop phrasing

Text with the tell-tale phrasing of machine-written filler.

Why it matters

Writers are expensive and have opinions. A language model has neither. It will produce an article on any subject, at any length, in which the subject is a rich tapestry in an ever-evolving landscape and, in conclusion, it is important to note it.

Readers say they can tell. They keep reading, which is the same thing.

How Outhouse measures it

Outhouse counts phrases such as delve, tapestry, ever-evolving, it's important to note, game-changer and seamless in the page text. Five or more scores in full.

This audit counts towards Dark Patterns, with a weight of 1. A category is 75% its two highest-scoring audits and 25% all of its audits, weighted, so a site is judged mostly on what it does most and partly on how many things it does.

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