Robots – Is it the New Face for Ghostwriting Services?

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Robots are on their way to replacing the human workforce. And writers should be on the lookout as well. Although the scenarios are a bit different compared to other industries, writers have a bit of an edge on this. After all, according to experts, the tasks that are most likely to be automated are predictable, routine, and repetitive.

Of course, writing, editing, and proofreading require creativity and imagination. According to an inspection conducted back in 2015 by NPR,  a bookkeeper has a 97.6 per cent chance of being replaced by robotic workers, while professionals and editors have a 17.5 per cent chance of being swapped. Writers are a lot less likely to be replaced by robots, with only a 3.8 per cent chance.

Nonetheless, the unsettling truth is AI can handle some aspects of copy editing, such as fixing misspelt words. The AI machines and software can handle grammar mistakes and make your copy 90 per cent error-free.

The possibilities of machines and AI robots taking over our jobs are endless. So, why not change before time? Change the way of working? We can become more powerful if we combine our workforce with AI machines. Since these technologies are built to help us do our jobs better and faster, let’s talk about automated AI technologies and applications that make us more efficient writers, editing, or ghostwriting service providers.

AI Technology and Applications to Improve Human Work

Following are the technologies, applications, software or suggestions that can make human work more reliable and consistent.

1.      Enjoy Easy Proofreading and Editing

No matter how decent of a writer you are, you always need a skilled eye proofread your paper. Writing is a time-consuming process that is impossible to scale. It necessitates a tremendous amount of imagination, thought, and energy. Sure, a person can write a thousand words in under an hour or two. However, the final product will not meet your or your clients’ expectations.

In the early 2000s, people neglected the editing and fact-checking tools and software because of the inadequate and unsuccessful results. However, over the last decade, as the AI system has grown, tools introduced in the market have shown successful results and can help in the writing process.

Nowadays, the successful tools running on top include Grammarly, Hemingway Editor app, and ReadablePro. People believe artificial intelligence (AI) can give us more time in a day, which could be spent on higher-value tasks like cultivating client relationships. Surprisingly, artificial intelligence can help improve content quality.

These tools cannot handle heavy files or the rewrite process. They can, however, assist with some critical steps that help us improve our writing. The AI tech revises the draft and points out apparent mistakes, edits copy for clarity, helps with grammar and spelling checking, and proofreads the final draft for plagiarism.

2.      Review Useful Suggestions

How do you start a blog or article? You type down what comes to your mind first, right? Your first draft or copy will always be a disaster (sometimes a little less of a disaster but still requiring a lot of improvement). AI tech software and applications such as Grammarly clean up the typos in minutes and help you produce a write-up that you can work with.

Although Grammarly throws many of its suggestions at once, it’s up to you whether you keep or reject its suggestions. It’s time-consuming to click through each change, but it’s good to be in charge instead of letting the software make all the decisions. After all, you don’t want to lose to a robot. (all smiles)

The software’s free version checks for standard grammar and spelling errors like subject-verb disagreements and contextual spelling errors. However, the premium upgrade ($139.95 per year) assesses sentence structure and suggests vocabulary.

3.      Get Rid of the Unnecessary drama (Words)

Usually, that dreadful first draft is always a slew of rewrites. You know you are close to the final copy, but you lose the objectivity needed to spot difficult sentences or unnecessary adverbs when you finish the article.

But, now you can check those mistakes with the help of applications that eliminate the unnecessary adverbs and make the text more readable. For example, Hemingway’s editing application (which costs $19.99 for the web version) analyses text for readability and the application is inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s spare writing style.

This application highlights adverbs, suggests simpler words and flags passive voice in addition to identifying difficult-to-read sentences. When you drop the file into the app, it speeds up the copyediting process by highlighting errors in the text, allowing you to concentrate your efforts on simplifying those sections. If you like to work manually and love to read, Strunk and White’s writing guide, ‘ The Elements of Style’, is the book to help you with the editing.

4.      Catch Plagiarism in seconds

Grammarly shortens the time you spend looking for mistakes by identifying errors that can be overlooked or missed. That being said, we suggest you read the final draft without Grammarly. However, there are so many benefits to using Grammarly, and the most important one is its efficient plagiarism checking.

According to the company, the software scans billions of pages for duplicates. In addition, because authors frequently cite other people’s work to support their arguments, this check ensures the writer hasn’t cited too much of other writers’ work.

ReadablePro, another readability app, allows you to improve the reliability of your writing. It uses ten readability tests to grade copy, such as the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and the Coleman-Liau Index. Because each test has a different purpose, you’ll need to choose the most applicable ones to your job. ReadablePro ensures that your copy is appropriate for your target audience’s reading level. You will probably like the tool because it can spot clichés and buzzwords, which the other apps can not.

We hope these AI robot applications don’t evolve like a human brain otherwise. But if you do not prefer robotic work, you can always hire a ghostwriting service to write your e-book and make your own decisions.

5.      AI Identify Opportunities and Potential Problems Easily

You can always experiment with AI writing tools, and hopefully, you’ll see promising results. From our experience, we can estimate it has cut down the amount of time we spend writing and editing by 10 to 15 per cent, and the copy readability is more precise. Well, who’s winning now, robots? Ha Ha

However, none of these tools are perfect, and they all have flaws. For starters, most writers disagree with the suggested edits. For example, words like “challenges” and “importance” are complex, non-readable or too long, according to AI Grammarly.

Another risk we face as writers if we rely on current AI tools is that our work will sound similar in style and tone. Copy that is thought-provoking and beautifully crafted should be lyrical and distinct, motivating readers to take action. Fortunately, for now, only humans are capable of creating such content.

Final Thoughts

Robots are still far behind humans, and they got a long path to cross to reach our level. So, writers and editors should feel at ease using AI tools for the time being. Any method that makes the editorial process faster without replacing the human workforce should be considered suitable.

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