Use case · Essays
Make an AI essay draft read like you wrote it
The essay is where the generic register shows up first: a grand opener, a borrowed metaphor, a claim with no owner.
underslop edits an AI essay draft into prose that reads like a person thinking on the page. It cuts the stock scene-setting opener, the significance-inflation words, and the sourceless claims an essay draft leans on, then marks any tell it could not remove. You keep your argument and your facts; what leaves is the machine register. Paste up to 500 words and set the sliders toward a calm, outward-looking essayist.
Before and after
A generic AI draft on the left. On the right, the real output of running that draft through underslop, checked so it adds no name or number the draft did not already carry. The voice is The Essayist (RCOAI): measured, outward-looking, the writer nearly invisible behind the subject.
In today's fast-paced world, the humble public library stands as a testament to the enduring power of community. It's not just a building, it's a sanctuary. Studies show that access to books transforms lives and unlocks a brighter future for everyone. Let's delve into why libraries matter more than ever.
The public library endures where other institutions falter, not because it is loud or new, but because it is quiet and old and free. A building full of books, opened to anyone, does something more than store paper: it holds a place for the person who has nowhere else to be. Access to books, as one observation puts it, does not merely improve a life; it can remake it. The library is the kind of place that asks nothing of you and gives everything it has, which seems, perhaps, the most democratic arrangement a community can offer.
Why this genre gets flagged
An essay is graded on voice as much as content, and the machine register reads as a shortcut whether or not one was taken. The edit keeps the claim you are making and takes out the throat-clearing around it, so the argument carries itself instead of a stock opener carrying it.
Questions
Will it change my argument?
No. It edits how the essay reads, not what it claims. If a sentence over-states, the edit can soften it, but it never adds a point or a source you did not bring.
Does it work for a personal statement?
Yes. Set the sliders toward a warmer, first-person voice and it edits toward that register instead of the calm essayist, keeping the specifics of your story intact.
Voiced editing is in beta and can drift from your facts, so it flags anything it tried to add. The free tier caps at 500 words a run, and your text is held for 0 seconds.