ai drift detector

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shashank  ·  with ai as his sidekick 7 min read · updated apr 29, 2026

paste any text to see how much ai-generated language has crept in — filler transitions, robotic hedges, and the phrases every llm reaches for by default.

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hold your voice builds a voice profile from your own writing, then runs every draft through an ai eliminator that catches the drift before your readers notice. try it free for 3 days.

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frequently asked questions

what does the drift score mean?

0–20 is clean — very few ai-typical patterns. 21–50 is moderate drift — a handful of signals that a careful editor would flag. 51–80 is heavy — the writing has absorbed a lot of llm defaults. 80+ means the text reads almost entirely in ai voice, not a human one.

what patterns does it detect?

four categories: transitional filler ("it's worth noting", "let's dive into"), ai hedges ("it's important to", "it's crucial to"), robotic connectors ("furthermore", "moreover", "consequently"), and ai clichés ("seamless", "leverage", "game-changer", "cutting-edge"). each hit adds to your score.

a high score doesn't mean bad writing, right?

correct. some of these phrases appear in perfectly good human writing. the score is a signal, not a verdict. what matters is whether the patterns are clustered — a single "furthermore" is fine, six of them in 300 words is a tell.

how is this different from an ai content detector?

ai content detectors try to guess whether text was written by a human or a machine. this tool does something narrower and more useful: it finds specific language patterns that sound ai-generated so you can rewrite them in your own voice.

shashank
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shashank

founder of hold your voice. writes about brand voice, ai writing patterns, and the craft of sounding like yourself.

co-written with ai as sidekick. shashank drafts the voice; the ai pressure-tests the structure. anything that sounds wrong is shashank's fault — anything that sounds suspiciously generic is the ai's.