24/07/2026
People don't reject AI content because it looks fake. They reject it because it doesn't feel like a person.We were talking about how good the new AI video tools have got. Genuinely convincing now, none of the obvious AI slop.
But that was never really the problem. Especially with educational content, people want to hear from an actual person, not a robot that got the words right. Even a perfect clone, the moment you couldn't tell, people would start hunting for whether it was really you.
Which is why the ums, the ahs, the awkward pauses, the filler, that's the stuff that makes us human. Cutting all of it out is the mistake. Leaving it in is going to be the trend for the next couple of years.