Skip to content

Author: Ben Locker

Ben Locker is a content marketing consultant and copywriter for specialist businesses. He helps clients find the point, sharpen their message and turn useful expertise into content people actually want to read.

A drawing by Walter Francis Edward Douglas. Illustrating an article on the AI detector delusion

The AI detector delusion: when a percentage score replaces judgement

An AI detector is not a breathalyser for content. It does not prove who wrote the work or how responsibly it was produced. At best, it raises a question. Here is why businesses should stop treating AI scores as verdicts and start asking better questions about judgement, accountability and results.

An image of a man drawing on a beach while sitting in a deckchair

How to use AI for content marketing – and how not to

AI can produce a draft, generate alternatives and help structure an argument. What it cannot do is decide what matters, catch a confident-sounding error or care whether the finished piece works. That still requires judgement – and judgement is where good content begins.