Ask for help- What is the ideal prompt to make the content more "humanized"?
OpenAI Developer Community
March 19, 2026
I’ve seen a lot of discussion around making outputs feel more “human,” but most of it focuses on surface-level language patterns.
What’s been more useful in my experience is shifting attention to structure and cognitive load rather than just tone.
A lot of what reads as “AI” isn’t just wording — it’s:
• overly linear structure
• lack of prioritization
• uniform density across the entire response
When you instead:
• introduce hierarchy (what matters vs what doesn’t)
• vary density (some parts concise, some expanded)
• design outputs for usability rather than completeness
…the result tends to feel more natural without needing to force stylistic quirks.
Curious if others have found that structure has a bigger impact than phrasing alone.
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