Writing so bad it never gets flagged as AI
I've seen a lot of content (videos, posts, blogs, etc.) by neurodivergent people about how their writing idiosyncrasies read like AI-generated writing, and consequently get flagged by AI detection softwares; a major problem especially in the context of higher education. I read gripes about needing to "dumb down" writing as to not trip AI detectors, or certain idiosyncrasies such as the em-dash or the oxford comma being flagged as AI writing.
I suppose, it's rather fortunate that i've always been linguistically challenged especially with my writing. I know for a fact that my written works take on a strange cadence, and I have a less-than-stellar record when it comes to quality writing in general. When I write, it never flags as AI because since AI writing is trained on works with proper grammar, and not some horrifically written pieces that I've continuously churned out since I started writing.
English has always been hard for me (even though it's my first language!) It has so many exceptions to it's own grammatical rules, and it's never been my favorite subject growing up. I think the single best english lesson I had was the SAT/ACT prep that actually gave me a solid foundation in grammar and punctuation but failed to actually implant itself into my permanent writing; I learned how to use (and now subsequently misuse) punctuation and grammar, but never really internalized it besides some minor inklings such as using an em-dash or semicolons.
All I know is my writing is just barely passable, which lets me slip under the radar for AI detectors looking for mechanical, eloquent writing; my writing tends to be sloppy, blunt, and littered with typos and word misusage. This might be a sign of neurodivergence, since my special interests center around technical work, and much less on written work. I write for fun, to convey what I learned, but I don't write well (though i'm improving, i think.) It's only recently (2024 onwards) where I started realizing I like writing since writing allows me to yap to a wider audience.
Unfortunately, liking writing does not correlate with writing skills. My written works somewhat mirror my speech patterns, which are somewhat disjointed grammatically, and filled with verbal stims. (Verbal stims can be filtered out in written long-form text, but are still notable in chat logs because i type out my stims.) Maybe one day, my writing will improve enough to get flagged or AI chatbots will be trained on my jaunty, atrocious writing style, but until then my unintentionally terrible writing will be a sign of my humanity.