AI

Three friends drinking coffee and laughing

The world of copywriting has changed dramatically in the last year. Every day, I hear from writers who are both fascinated and concerned by the rise of AI writing tools. And their clients? They’re increasingly skeptical of everything they read online.

“Is this written by a human or a machine?” That’s the question more and more people are asking when they land on a website or open a marketing email.

And who can blame them? AI-generated content is everywhere. Some of it is pretty good. Some of it is terrible. But almost all of it shares one critical flaw – it lacks authentic human connection.

This is where you, as a human writer, have an incredible opportunity.

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Two female colleagues in conversation about SEO

[Note: This post was written using Gemini Advanced 2.0 Flash as my co-pilot. Why? Because it knows some stuff I don’t.]

In 2025, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) isn’t just about text anymore. It’s about multimodal search, encompassing voice, images, video, and even augmented reality. And at the heart of success in this multimodal world lies conversational search.

The shift towards conversational search is accelerating, and search engines are adapting by prioritizing content that answers questions naturally and directly. This is where conversational copywriting becomes crucial.

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Friends showing empathy

In the words of GPT-4, “AI can mimic empathy to a certain degree, but cannot genuinely empathize with a human in the way humans empathize with each other”.

No AI can feel the emotions we feel. They can read the text of Romeo and Juliet, or the script for Sleepless in Seattle… and then mimic the emotion of love. But they cannot feel love.

They can’t love a person, or even care about that person. Whether a person is happy or sad means nothing to an AI.

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I created this image with the midjourney AI tool, using the prompt: 1950s style robot, sitting at desk, writing with pen and paper. nostalgic look and setting, in color

You’ve almost certainly heard the buzz about ChatGPT, the AI writer and copywriter.

Maybe you’ve tried it out a few times.

It’s amazing, and scary too. A lot of writers and copywriters are worried that tools like this will steal their jobs.

I get it. At first sight, I had the same worries. I asked it to write me an email, a blog post and a simple sales page. It did a pretty good job with each. Ouch!

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