I actually meant to put this in my drafts so I could come up with a response more articulate than the incorrect buzzer sound that went through my head when I read this, but I guess I didn’t do that, so let me just say: both of these are bad.
This is not a competition. Both of these are bad.
It’s also baffling because this is the opposite of what we’re seeing from AI editing software geared towards professional writers, which is deliberately designed to “simplify complex words” for “greater legibility.” (Often with questionable results.)
Programs like Grammarly and PRA use their “integrative AI” to simplify everything down to the bare bones because it thinks words like “devoid” are too complicated for the average reader to understand.
It’s why so many of the newer books read kinda samey right now. Writers are being trained out of using complex language by AI to appeal to readers (supposedly), and kids and non native English speakers who are using “complex” language are being marked down for using AI when they’re not.
It’s a fucking nightmare.
It is a CLUSTERFUCK to teach English to ND, ESL, and other struggling kids right now.
I am trying to use phrases like "this sounds like AI" and offering why, but I have made kids angry by suggesting a paper they wrote themselves sounded like AI.