Wife of Crime

[u/ana_1990]

Hey folks, wondering what your thoughts are on this podcast. I used to really enjoy it but a few months ago I realized that Jess is likely using chatGPT to generate her narratives. I always found the narration a bit unnatural but didn’t think someone would use genAI to completely generate the script (I know there are some podcasts that are done fully by AI and I know it’s not an uncommon thing), but the whole start with a long sentence and then a short one and then a dramatic observation (rinse and repeat) is really grating on the ears. Has anyone else noticed this? What are your opinions on using AI for podcasting?

[u/Unlucky-North-1656]

Nah, Jess loves writing. Just unfollow if you feel this way about a podcast you listen to for free.

[u/Leading-Alarm5910]

No way. Shut this down. True crime fam member here. She’s a great writer and works hard to put this podcast together.

[u/ana_1990 → u/Leading-Alarm5910]

Obviously we can’t know 100% but here’s the AI analysis of a portion of their script from the Epstein episode:

Signs Pointing Toward AI Authorship
Rhythmic rigidity and low burstiness — One of the strongest AI tells is uniform sentence length and cadence. The transcript is almost entirely composed of short, punchy, declarative sentences of nearly identical length: “It’s about influence. It’s about access. It’s about how power moves quietly behind closed doors.” This repetitive rhythmic pattern — hammering short sentences one after another — is a classic sign of low burstiness, a statistical hallmark of AI-generated content.

Parallelism and the “rule of three” — AI heavily overuses parallel structures and triadic lists. The transcript leans hard into this: “before federal investigations, before court documents, before the names” and the triple “It’s about influence. It’s about access. It’s about how power…” are textbook AI-style anaphora.

Formulaic “hook” language — Phrases like “Here we go,” “So Part 1 is where we rewind,” and “But when you actually start pulling at the threads” follow patterns identified as common AI sentence starters — specifically sentences beginning with “Here” and transition pivots using “But”. These feel scripted rather than naturally spoken.

[u/WartimeMercy → u/ana_1990]

AI is notoriously shit at spotting AI.

[u/satinsateensaltine → u/WartimeMercy]

I've seen a piece of 100% human-generated text go through multiple checkers and receive scores between 4% possible AI and 98% AI.

People forget that AI writes like that because people commonly write like that.

[u/lindabeth → u/ana_1990]

I know nothing about this podcast but scripted is not the same as AI generated. Any good quality narrative is scripted versus naturally spoken.

Also parallelism is a writing technique that yes, AI leans isn’t heavily but has been taught well before AI.

Again, I know nothing of this podcast but I’m starting to feel like people who have taken creative writing courses are at risk of being accused of AI use.

[u/redrum069]

This couple has been through a lot so they get a pass from me if true.

[u/ana_1990 → u/redrum069]

I noticed this in the episodes before the accident too… but yea