Yesterday I talked about people sharing tips for using AI to write all your stuff.
What’s interesting are the camps surrounding this topic.
It feels like it is either the end of the world. Everyone is going to stop thinking.
Or refusing to use it will put you back in the dark ages.
Like everything else, it’s not a binary. It’s yes and.
For example, I wrote an 800-word essay this morning. I ran my 953-word first draft through Grammarly – which is AI. Over the past few years, that robot has analyzed millions of words that migrated from my head through the keyboard. Remarkable.
I look at all of the change suggestions it makes. Some, I change. Some I get…but I keep them as-is because my way is more likable. And some of the suggestions are waaaaaay off base; in those cases, I ignore them. And not once have we bickered about it.
The point is AI is here. Depending on your philosophical bent, it will get better or worse.
We, writers, have to decide the best way to make it work for our readers in the short and long runs.