AI-augmented content marketing has spread globally. By the end of 2023, more than 44% of digital marketing agencies have relied on AI tools in their everyday content production.
That said, AI-generated content is still not viable without a human operator. In addition, Google still penalizes spammy AI-generated content created to manipulate search engine algorithms or mislead users. Your AI content optimization strategy will likely succeed if you recognize the limitations of Gen-AI tools. If so, you'll know what outcome to expect, how to add your professional touch and make your AI-generated text copy resonate with your audience.
What Is AI Content Generation Good for?
GenAI enhances the company's current automation stack and has demonstrated good results with some particular tasks.
- Content suggestions. AI chatbots can suggest content ideas, additional or missed outline items, etc.
- Spellchecking. ChatGTP, Google Gemini, and similar GenAI software are good at proofreading and spellchecking to catch issues, advise on better phrasing and style.
- Readability. Chatbots can immediately instruct you on readability improvements:
- Rewriting. Content marketing often enoigh demands rewriting to repurpose some content. For example, you might need to reuse the lead paragraph from a blog article in a social media post. The chatbot can rewrite it immediately while preserving the key takeaways.
- Summarizing. Bots are great at generating concise Too Long, Didn’t Read sections (TL;DR) that will expose readers to essential points of your long-form content.
Now, let's cover the limitations frequently overlooked by marketers when they strive to build a viable content strategy upon AI automation.
Understanding Limitations of AI Content Optimization
At this moment, the entire process of AI content creation should be human-supervised – and this is true for any gen AI results in all spheres and areas. So, apart from proper prompts and input, the AI content creation has a crucial final step: AI content optimization.
As an AI tool operator and post-production AI content editor, consider the following:
AI’s Lack of Creativity Resulting in Repetition and Duplication. Chatbots often dwell on repetitive patterns and might reproduce them within a single generation or carry them over to the next iterations. While it’s easy enough to catch the entire duplicated paragraphs, it’s a much more difficult task to identify