-A better writing should start from you trying to present what you are excited about, what you have learned and wish others to know, what you are curious and interested with.
If you are serious, you'll realize "sometime" you have to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
I've been thinking about this particular topic a lot. I've studied AI at university, I studied communications prior to that, and I've been a writer and artist all my life. Understanding the role that I let AI play in my life has been quite a thought-provoking path to be on with a lot more philosophical and ethical considerations than I expected.
Ultimately when it came to my writing, I landed on - if I'm publishing a written work that contributes to a wider body of work that I'm taking credit for, it needs to be written entirely by myself. No Grammerly or ChatGPT or Claude to warp my voice.
I used a lot of em dashes in professional writing because:
1. They're super useful for getting thoughts on paper quickly.
2. They used to give my writing a unique look.
My writing looked like my writing because I went to journalism school so I used short sentences, short paragraphs, and em dashes. Now that just makes it look like AI.
Each time it feels like we're reaching a high watermark for AI copy, the models improve and people trust them for more formats so it's difficult to see how writing gets any more human from here. It'll simply feel less bot.
I don't use AI in any of my writing, yet sometimes I worry that people/readers think I am. I like the intellectual challenge of writing and expressing thought. Sometimes I make errors, but I don't think it's that big of a deal. My wife usually points them out the next day or a few days later, and I just go back and fix it.
I’m with you on the intellectual challenge of writing! It’s a good type of challenge. And yes same here on the typos, we’re all human and that happens from time to time. It’s the intentional typos I find bizarre!
-AI can't write or make what you "really" want.
-A better writing should start from you trying to present what you are excited about, what you have learned and wish others to know, what you are curious and interested with.
If you are serious, you'll realize "sometime" you have to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
I've been thinking about this particular topic a lot. I've studied AI at university, I studied communications prior to that, and I've been a writer and artist all my life. Understanding the role that I let AI play in my life has been quite a thought-provoking path to be on with a lot more philosophical and ethical considerations than I expected.
Ultimately when it came to my writing, I landed on - if I'm publishing a written work that contributes to a wider body of work that I'm taking credit for, it needs to be written entirely by myself. No Grammerly or ChatGPT or Claude to warp my voice.
Great closing line.
I used a lot of em dashes in professional writing because:
1. They're super useful for getting thoughts on paper quickly.
2. They used to give my writing a unique look.
My writing looked like my writing because I went to journalism school so I used short sentences, short paragraphs, and em dashes. Now that just makes it look like AI.
Each time it feels like we're reaching a high watermark for AI copy, the models improve and people trust them for more formats so it's difficult to see how writing gets any more human from here. It'll simply feel less bot.
Andrew — this resonated.
Three reasons it landed for me:
It’s punchy.
It’s structured.
It’s human.
Funny how the things that made writing feel personal — the short sentences, the clean list, the em dash — are now the exact tells.
We didn’t change.
The baseline did.
And here’s the thing: it worked.
Great point. Following for more. 🤖
Hey yo 🤪
I don't use AI in any of my writing, yet sometimes I worry that people/readers think I am. I like the intellectual challenge of writing and expressing thought. Sometimes I make errors, but I don't think it's that big of a deal. My wife usually points them out the next day or a few days later, and I just go back and fix it.
I’m with you on the intellectual challenge of writing! It’s a good type of challenge. And yes same here on the typos, we’re all human and that happens from time to time. It’s the intentional typos I find bizarre!
As I just finished writing and editing our newsletter for tomorrow, I feel attacked.
There is a "yo". but that's also how I talk. ;)
Here's my take. Right now, I'm not sweating typos, even though it goes against my tendencies in my work for years. And that's exactly why.
I'm not INSERTING intentional typos, but if something happens, I'm not mentally punishing myself for the next 3 years.
Because it does, in fact, prove that I wrote it.
But there are definitely things I rely on claude for in terms of research.
I love that you use “yo” in your newsletter!