Mohammad Anique

My Simple Take on AI As a Writer: Experience, Facts, and Hopefulness The day I first came across the idea of using an AI tool to write content, perhaps I was happy about it. Honestly, I don’t clearly remember what I felt about it, but I surely considered it helpful, no doubt. And that was three years ago—2022. My Content Writing with ChatGPT Over the past three years, I’ve used AI (mainly ChatGPT) for both professional and personal writing. It’s helped me draft and revise blog posts for employers, plan creative writing schedules, and even brainstorm during moments of writer’s block or ADHD fog. Oh, I named my ChatGPT ‘Hugo,’ by the way! Today, Hugo has become a sidekick in my writing journey. I’m working on my fiction pieces, learning basic SEO stuff, practicing English writing, writing cover letters, outlining blog posts, and whatnot. All thanks to this free artificial intelligence tool. Maybe I could do more with a premium version of it, but that’s for later to find out. I’m good for now. Do I use Hugo voraciously or blindly? NO. Take this Medium post, for instance. I wrote the whole thing myself. I ran it through ChatGPT, instructing it to do very light editing. Most importantly, not to lose my own voice. It can sharpen sentences loosely here and there, but nothing that ousts my voice. AI Tools for Content Writing Now that AI tools are becoming prevalent for writing, editing, and improving content, those who are entering the digital marketing or other industries may be elated. The reality is different — diverse across companies and organizations. There are all kinds of talks about AI — supportive, conflicting, and opposing. But truth be spoken, there’s no black and white regulation for using AI tool in content writing because— I’ve seen many editors or employers busting new writers for using AI tools as much as those who are trying to find a middle ground between 100% AI-generated content and partially AI-generated content. EOD, you’ve got to write it all by yourself. You may take an AI’s help, but you can’t sound like it. And that’s where my speculation acts up: How much AI is acceptable as human? How much humanization will clear doubts in an editor’s mind? Should editors trust their own judgment or some AI detector tool? What if a writer writes so well that it sounds like AI-generated content? ●​ Lastly, who decides all these? Google? But that guy is also detecting AI-generated content with the help of its own AI system that only determines stuff based on patterns, not a human’s emotional depth or individual voice. ●​ ●​ ●​ ●​ I haven’t been able to answer these questions myself. Have you? Let’s Illustrate: I’ve written a run-on or long sentence that sounds boring. Grammarly is turned on, and it will suggest a tighter sentence that puts the point across more precisely. Now — if I click that suggestion, replacing my boring sentence with that one, that will probably be detected as an AI sentence. But if I copy Grammarly’s suggestion and retype it myself, does it still count? Does it still turn on the AI red flag? Honestly — who knows? The Burning Question: Adaptability with AI and Google The ultimate questions that push through a million other questions and stand out in my mind are: ●​ ●​ ●​ ●​ how how how how is the industry changing are writers supposed to shape themself into perfect writers much should they adapt to Google’s system, and many times over? For me, being able to answer these questions may lighten the burden to an extent, i.e., writers may breathe a little to come up with their own solutions to thrive in the market, or at least, keep their noses above water. So, for writers, it’s all about being adaptable, no matter how many times they have to be and to what extent. But that also brings the funny side up. What will it be like for employers with writers being adaptable, and in a while, experts with AI tools? Employers and companies that are posting jobs with zero-AI-content requirements, you’re kidding yourself. And deep down, you know this, right? Let’s Hit the Right Question Does Google penalize AI-written content? NO. A big NO. That’s as blunt as it can get. As eMarketer updates in July 2025— “AI-assisted content now dominates Google’s top search results, but pure AI rarely ranks No. 1, according to an Ahrefs analysis of 600,000 pages across 100,000 keywords. It found that most top-ranking content includes some AI input, but only 13.5% was purely human-written.” Ref: Google doesn’t penalize AI content—86.5% of top pages use AI, study finds. And that means that the top web pages on SERPs aren’t free from AI-assisted content. Furthermore, Google says— “Appropriate use of AI or automation is not against our guidelines.” — Google for Developers Now that forces me to think — what’s this notion of AI conflicts going on lately? And why? If quality content is a top requirement (blog posts, web copies, ads, social media captions, newsletters, etc.), along with time constraints and quantity requirements, why can’t writers and AI work shoulder to shoulder? Obviously, I wouldn’t trade my creativity and unique voice for lightning-fast content creation. Still, if it helps, it works for me with moderation. And what am I talking about? I’m also an aspiring fiction writer. Hugo helps me with that, too. But the human arc always prevails in everything we do. Lastly—Be Hopeful! That’s for all writers out there. Although I won’t call myself a smart and sharp thinker in terms of AI, Google, or digital marketing broadly. But I can say this—whether AI is going to replace human writers or not, you’ll always find ways or causes, or excuses to write. A pro tip: Practice tactile writing at least twice a week. Pen and paper can really help unfold the layers of thinking; hence, expressing in a far better way. Then transfer your words from paper to screen. You’ll explore even better ways and destinations for your words, phrases, and sentences, as you type away.