# Simon Willison Quotes TikTok Creator on Spotting AI-Written Scripts

> Simon Willison quotes a TikTok creator who says AI-written TikTok and YouTube scripts are obvious because they lack a definitive authorial voice.

- **Topic**: Society
- **Published**: 2026-09-23T16:15:54.524Z
- **Canonical URL**: https://highsignal.sh/stories/simon-willison-quotes-tiktok-creator-on-spotting-ai-written-scripts-35102f40

## Why It Matters

The quoted creator argues the giveaway is not just stylistic AI-isms but the absence of any real opinion behind the script.

## Key Findings & Analysis

### What was said

Simon Willison's post quotes a TikTok creator, @therealcornpop, who says AI use in TikTok and YouTube scripts is obvious. The creator says the tell is not only common AI writing tics, listing the construction it's not X, it's Y, the rule of three, and a broken staccato style, but the lack of a definitive authorial voice and the absence of real opinions about the subject.

## Original Evidence & Verbatim Citations

> "Quoting @therealcornpop"

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> "Hey, you know it's like super obvious if you're using AI to write your scripts for TikTok and YouTube, right?"

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> "It's the lack of a definitive sort of spear of your voice."

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> "It's not just the general AI-isms of"

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> "It's the fact I can tell you don't have opinions about the thing that you're talking about."

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> "Quoting @therealcornpop"

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> "Hey, you know it's like super obvious if you're using AI to write your scripts for TikTok and YouTube, right?"

— *Grounded field: section:0*

> "It's not just the general AI-isms of"

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> "the rule of three, or the really weird broken staccato-like way of writing where you just say a lot of things with all these punctuation marks."

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> "It's the lack of a definitive sort of spear of your voice."

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## Primary Sources & Citations

- [Quoting @therealcornpop](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/22/therealcornpop/) — *Simon Willison* (Reporting)

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