How do I stop ChatGPT from sounding like a robot?

You stop ChatGPT from sounding robotic by giving it a specific voice to imitate and showing it examples of writing you like, rather than just asking it to 'sound more human.' The real problem isn't the AI's vocabulary. It's the rhythm. AI writing tends to have sentences that are all the same length. It overuses transition words like 'furthermore' and 'moreover.' And it rarely breaks grammar rules on purpose, which is something real people do all the time. To fix this, paste a paragraph of your own writing into the chat first and say, 'Match this tone and sentence rhythm for everything that follows.' I've found this works better than any list of adjectives. Another trick: tell it to write at a specific reading level. 'Write this at an 8th grade level with varied sentence lengths' produces much more natural text than 'make it conversational.' You'll also want to ban certain words. Create a short list of banned terms like 'delve,' 'unleash,' 'game-changer,' and 'moreover.' The AI will work around them. The results are almost always better. For a deeper dive, see our guide on fixing AI writing that sounds too formal (/blog/ai-writing-sounds-too-formal). **Related**: Why does all AI writing sound the same? | How do I make ChatGPT write like me?