AI or human quiz: spot the AI-style cold email

Take the quiz: guess whether each cold email reads like a human or an AI draft, see what gives it away, and share your score.

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All ten emails were drafted with an AI model for this quiz, then each was edited to show one style.

From: Jordan Pike <jordan@quillstack.example>Subject: Unlocking New Opportunities for Pebblebrook Freight

Hi Dana, I hope this email finds you well! I recently came across Pebblebrook Freight and was truly impressed by your commitment to innovation in the ever-evolving logistics landscape. At Quillstack, we help forward-thinking teams streamline operations, enhance visibility, and unlock their full potential. Our robust platform seamlessly integrates with your existing tools, empowering your team to focus on what truly matters. Would you be open to a quick 15-minute call next week to explore how we could support your goals? Best regards, Jordan

Who wrote this one?

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Updated Nov 11, 2026

Shorter page: the tool first, the answer in a few lines.

This AI or human quiz shows you B2B cold emails and asks which style each one is written in: a person's plain note or an unedited AI draft. One thing first: all ten emails were drafted for the quiz with the help of an AI model, the human-style ones included, then edited so each shows one style clearly. None is a real email, and every name, company and address is invented.

So your score measures how well you read the patterns, not how often a real inbox would fool you.

How to read each answer

After each guess, the answer names the style and the patterns that give it away. Read it on the ones you got right too. A right guess for the wrong reason is the one that fools you later, in your own inbox.

Side by side, one difference does most of the work. The AI-style emails are about the sender: a first line that wishes you well, praise that fits any company, benefits in threes with no fact behind them. The plain ones are about something the reader did, posted or has.

Several of these tells also appear in Wikipedia's guide to signs of AI writing, which warns against judging text on perfect grammar or a formal tone alone. A tell is a reason to read twice, not proof.

What to do next

Your own draft is harder to judge, because you know what you meant. Before you send:

  • Delete the first line if it would fit any email you have ever sent.

  • Name one thing about this reader that you found, not one you assumed.

  • End on a question that is easy to answer no to.

To check a draft line by line, paste it into the AI-tell checker.

In Oneprofile, the agent writes each email in a sequence from research on the person and their company, in your company's own words, so the detail only this reader has is there to use. When one still reads like a draft, say what is wrong and it writes it again.

AI or human quiz: common questions

Were any of these emails written by a real person?

No. Every email here, the human-style ones too, was drafted for this quiz with the help of an AI model and edited to show one style clearly. None is a real email, and every name, company and address is invented.

How can you tell if an email is written by AI or a human?

Look for what only this reader could receive. Unedited AI drafts tend to open on pleasantries, praise any company could get and list benefits in threes. Plain emails from a person usually name one specific thing about the reader and ask a question that is easy to answer no to.

Does the quiz save my answers or my score?

No. The quiz runs in your browser, and nothing you pick is sent or stored. Sharing copies your score and the page address to your clipboard, and nowhere else.

Is it bad to send a cold email written with AI?

Not on its own. What a reader notices is an email that could have gone to anyone. A draft written from research on the person, checked for stray formatting and figures with no source, and edited where it sounds off is one you can stand behind.

About this article

Photo of Utku Zihnioglu

Utku Zihnioglu

CEO & co-founder

Serial entrepreneur who built infrastructure companies handling billions of requests. Now leads engineering at Oneprofile, which finds the people worth talking to, researches each one, and follows up until they reply.

Drafted with AI from our product docs and code. Utku Zihnioglu answers for what it says.

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Free plan: 200 credits a month, 3 integrations, no card