A new guide from Mooch identifies 12 telltale signs that AI-generated content sounds robotic and generic. The company, which has spent two years working with AI writing tools, compiled an internal list of phrasing patterns, rhythm issues, and authenticity problems that plague modern content.

These red flags include overused em dashes, dramatic pivot phrases like "But here's the thing," and cookie-cutter paragraph structures where every section is exactly three sentences long. The guide provides specific examples of both problematic and improved writing, showing how phrases like "It's worth noting" and "Let's explore" can be replaced with direct, confident statements.

Mooch created a prompt that can analyze and fix these issues in any AI-generated content. The company calls this process "/deslop" - cleaning up the telltale signs of AI writing to make content sound more human. While one or two red flags might slip through unnoticed, the guide warns that five or more together create an unmistakable impression of machine-generated text.