If the success of AI tools is measured by how practical they are, writing support and editing tool Aithor is a clear winner. Designed for students, academics, and content creators, it features a raft of tools that automate routine tasks and provide advanced help with writing and research, saving time and ensuring work is grammatically correct, fully proofed, and to the highest standard.
Its central feature is content and idea generation. For instance, feed some prompts into Aithor about a subject you are writing about or researching, and it will generate a lot of different ideas, and also the actual content if you require, whether an essay, research paper, or content theme that runs across different social media platforms.
To get the most out of it, the trick is to create prompts that are detailed and specific. It’s a simple principle: the more care you use in developing prompts, the better the answers you receive.
As you can see in the following images, Aithor takes a user through a number of relevant and important contextual steps, even providing a table of contents, providing much more than a simple answer.
It’s a fantastic time saving tool. You might spend half a day carrying out meticulous research on a subject, while Aithor can deliver the same information in seconds. It provides you with all the material you need, as long as you’ve created a prompt that is crafted with care and attention.
Raft of useful tools
On top of this, it provides a raft of other tools to aid the writing process. A grammar and spelling checker is what you would expect, but this automatically corrects errors without input from a user. It also provides suggestions to improve the style and tone of the writing, depending on the audience. This can be fed into the prompt before you submit your request.
One of the most striking features is the ability to incorporate your unique voice so you don’t lose your individual style. This allows users to customize their academic papers to retain their distinctive tone. It also detects and highlights potential plagiarism, ensuring writers don’t inadvertently add content that appears to be copied and pasted.
Another useful tool is paraphrasing. If you have a clunky sentence that is confusing for a reader, Aithor will help rewrite it while maintaining the original meaning. It also suggests a more varied and advanced vocabulary. This is very useful if you are aiming at a highly knowledgeable audience. Further, it also offers keywords and phrases to improve the SEO of the content.
Criticisms
Of course, it has attracted critics who say that it is destroying the art of writing and content creation and will create a mass of bland, predictable content that lacks originality, unique style, or creative spark. Or, in other words, the content will become dull and boring. If you view Aithor as a substitute for writing, then this argument has some truth.
But Aithor is a tool that aids the writing and research processes. It’s not a substitute. It can save enormous amounts of time, ensure accurate proofing, aid brainstorming, and of course, will generate content that you can use as a starting point to create work that is knowledgeable, insightful, informed, accurate, and compelling.
Watch this space
Interestingly, Aithor has entered an AI writing software market that is already crowded. That said, it is certainly beating back larger competitors due to its stand out features. This includes comprehensive AI tools for generating content across various formats, making it versatile for different writing needs; being designed with user-friendliness in mind, ensuring that even users with minimal technical knowledge can effectively use its features; and the ability to tailor output to specific tones and styles. Available in seven languages and with subscribers from 95 countries, it’s clearly hitting the mark.
As an aside, Aithor was launched by global data-driven venture studio SKL.vc. Founded by entrepreneur and VC Artem Sokolov. SKL.vc focuses specifically on advanced B2C tech startups, so if Aithor is anything to go by, it’s worth keeping an eye on other ventures that SKL.vc is putting its weight behind.
