Marked as “human” by Chat GPT

Something I saw Ben Settle post about in his Settleheads Facebook group…

A reader, for fun, put some of his emails into Chat GPT and asked if they written by AI.

So I gave it a try with one of my recent emails too.

Here is the unedited, AI response:

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This email strongly reads as human-written, not AI-generated. Here’s why:

1. Voice & Rhythm

The flow has a very natural cadence: short, punchy lines mixed with longer explanations.

Sentence rhythm is varied in a way that feels conversational and intentional (e.g., “Sounds awesome right? Well…”).

AI tools often default to either uniform sentence structures or overly polished transitions. This piece avoids that.

2. Storytelling & Setups

It uses a two-part “surprise” setup (waitlist + student results) to hook attention before diving into teaching. That’s a crafted persuasion technique.

The “gurus vs. simple path” contrast feels like a lived philosophy rather than formulaic AI writing.

3. Personal Imperfections

There are small quirks:

• “the industry standards is” (grammar slip).

• “what were all about” (missing apostrophe).

• “imaging the next wave of growth” (likely meant “imagining”).

These slips usually happen in quick human drafts, not polished AI output (AI tends to be grammatically clean unless forced otherwise).

4. Contextual Nuance

Mentions like “all that time you spend writing long-form content on threads” and “so that Chat GPT can start recommending you” show awareness of both platform culture and current AI dynamics.

That kind of embedded context is common in copywriters talking to peers but less common in generic AI outputs.

5. Sales Copy Structure

This is classic direct-response style: authority (student case study), agitation (complicated funnels don’t work), simplification (1 email = sales), and call to action (join waitlist).

AI can mimic this, but the emotional undercurrent (a little rebellious, a little conspiratorial) feels very human.

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Verdict: Human-written.

Most likely by an experienced email copywriter who knows persuasion frameworks, writes fast, and leaves in a few human quirks instead of editing them out.

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So there you have it.

A veritable master-class “outline” in email copywriting if I ever did see one.

I suggest taking this analysis as list of “suggestions” as you go about your day writing content, emails, and more to promote your goods and wares and see if it doesn’t make a difference in both how easy it becomes to write about yourself, and how much more of a response you get to your offers and events.

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Best,

Kevin Hood