Hey Chad, welcome back with a bang! I'm all for ditching the "perfect" and embracing the raw truth about AI in writing. Your perspective on using AI as a creative partner rather than a replacement is spot on, and it's time we stop apologizing for leveraging every tool at our disposal. Here's to real writing that captures our unique voice, AI or not.
Thank you! Love this line "Here's to real writing that captures our unique voice, AI or not." You're exactly right. This is what we need to spread in this space, not "get 10,000 articles done with automation in 10 seconds!" 🤣
Most traditional writers, who are also afraid, probably enjoy the struggle of writing everything out, a letter at a time, and going through the grueling process of editing, a letter at a time too. When AI spits out the content so quickly, it feels like as if it's "cheating". Most people who tried would know that sometimes getting the prompt right probably involves more typing than the initial draft in content creation most people are familiar with pre-GenAI. To some extent, the editing sometimes take more time than actual writing too. Anyway, it's probably more fear than resistance to the idea.
I hope many get past the initial "gut check" that it feels like cheating. The ultimate goal is to get your thing done and out there for your readers. If AI can help do this then I say embrace it (if one wants to, of course I'd never demand someone did).
The upside is so big... perhaps many have come to a conclusion too early and don't fully understand how it can actually help?
I totally get it... if one is against the "one-click done" formula. I agree with that 100%.
I think the same points highlighted applies to GenAI in general, not just coding. The "dance" you always mention is the "constant conversation" that the author mentioned. I guess it's both a dance and conversation, since it requires coordination and also developing chemistry between the AI tool (like Chibi) and the user. Cheers!
I do use AI to help me code too. The awesome part is that I have been a developer for a long time. I already know what I'm doing.
I'm also deeeeeeep in the AI space. So I know how it works.
Combined, I'm able to write prompts in just the right way and just the right time to actually achieve what I want (at least, with text and code -- not so much images, MidJourney still seems to have a mind of its own). :)
Hey Chad, welcome back with a bang! I'm all for ditching the "perfect" and embracing the raw truth about AI in writing. Your perspective on using AI as a creative partner rather than a replacement is spot on, and it's time we stop apologizing for leveraging every tool at our disposal. Here's to real writing that captures our unique voice, AI or not.
Thank you! Love this line "Here's to real writing that captures our unique voice, AI or not." You're exactly right. This is what we need to spread in this space, not "get 10,000 articles done with automation in 10 seconds!" 🤣
Most traditional writers, who are also afraid, probably enjoy the struggle of writing everything out, a letter at a time, and going through the grueling process of editing, a letter at a time too. When AI spits out the content so quickly, it feels like as if it's "cheating". Most people who tried would know that sometimes getting the prompt right probably involves more typing than the initial draft in content creation most people are familiar with pre-GenAI. To some extent, the editing sometimes take more time than actual writing too. Anyway, it's probably more fear than resistance to the idea.
Great point.
I hope many get past the initial "gut check" that it feels like cheating. The ultimate goal is to get your thing done and out there for your readers. If AI can help do this then I say embrace it (if one wants to, of course I'd never demand someone did).
The upside is so big... perhaps many have come to a conclusion too early and don't fully understand how it can actually help?
I totally get it... if one is against the "one-click done" formula. I agree with that 100%.
Funny how I just saw this in my Substack newsletter: https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-problem-hard-truths-about
I think the same points highlighted applies to GenAI in general, not just coding. The "dance" you always mention is the "constant conversation" that the author mentioned. I guess it's both a dance and conversation, since it requires coordination and also developing chemistry between the AI tool (like Chibi) and the user. Cheers!
100%!
I do use AI to help me code too. The awesome part is that I have been a developer for a long time. I already know what I'm doing.
I'm also deeeeeeep in the AI space. So I know how it works.
Combined, I'm able to write prompts in just the right way and just the right time to actually achieve what I want (at least, with text and code -- not so much images, MidJourney still seems to have a mind of its own). :)
This is the new skill.