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đź‘‘ I reacted like any normal human being: I blocked him on LinkedIn!

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

Writing is one of the cornerstones of building authority. Putting your thoughts into words, and publishing is sharing your expertise, demonstrating your knowledge.

It creates a body of work that builds trust with your audience and potential clients who encounter it. And, somewhat of a cliche to point this out, the word “author” is the base of “authority”.

But I am also a huge fan of using all of the available tools and technology, and my take on avoiding AI in writing is that it is equivalent to an accountant saying that they refuse to use calculators or spreadsheets.

So when my friend Joe said that using AI to write something is akin to saying “I used a car to run a marathon”, I reacted like any normal human being: I blocked him on LinkedIn.

Just kidding! Of course I didn’t block him. (But someone did!)

What I did was invite him on my podcast to debate the issue. And we had a pretty great conversation about this. Even if I do say so myself.

And while we entered the conversation, I think it’s fair to say with neither of us had fully formulated our thinking on this issue, which is no surprise as it’s a pretty new debate to be having. I think that we covered a lot of the pertinent angles and sides of this.
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​You can check it out here: Man vs Machine: Where Should We Draw the Line with AI Writing Tools?​

What do you think about this? Hit reply and let me know! I’ll share my conclusions with you here tomorrow.

Alastair.

Hi! I'm Alastair

Author, Podcaster, Business Coach

I help independent consultants and experts to earn more by rapidly building authority and visibility so that you can command premium fees, work less hours, and never have to suffer a bad-fit client again!

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