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đź‘‘ Should you use AI to write for you? My conclusions
I said yesterday that I would share my conclusions from the "Should You Use AI to Write for You?" debate with Joe.
Here it is:
This is a nuanced and complex topic. There are many different angles to consider. Ethics. IP ownership. Effort. Claiming others work. Learning.
There's no simple, one-size-fits-all answer. Anyone who says it's simple is wrong.
For me the key issue or question to answer is "what is the purpose of this writing?"
Joe's argument was that saying you used AI to write a book is like saying you used a car to run a marathon. I get that.
If the goal is to get from A to B, then I think using technology to do it quickly and efficiently is good.
But if your goal is to get fitter, and challenge yourself, then you want to do it the human way.
Back to writing: if the goal is to help the reader solve a problem or learn some information, then my argument is that if AI writing is better than what you could produce, then use AI.
Writing about a topic helps you learn and understand it better. It's an important but often overlooked benefit of writing. You lose out on the value of thinking and connecting ideas that happen when you write manually. You won't get that if you use AI.
So I think this is complex and nuanced, but the decision on whether to use AI comes down to the purpose of the writing for me.
What do you think? Hit reply and let me know!
Alastair.
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Hi! I'm Alastair
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