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Writing as a Way of Thinking
For me, the goal is always to use AI to help people think better. Writing is thinking. That’s it. And if we don’t forget that, I believe the future of writing is going to be very exciting indeed.
Nathan Baschez • Writing with Machines
This AI boom has set off an existential crisis in me.
Some background: I’ve been teaching writing for the past six years. In that time, I developed frameworks for how to write well and a reputation as a good teacher to learn from. Partially because of the AI wave, I decided to stop teaching. It has only been four months... See more
David Perellx.comThere's this idea floating around that using AI means you're somehow cheating the creative process or making it too easy.
But that's NOT how I use AI at all.
When I work with AI, I'm not checking out of the creative process. I'm fully in it—throwing questions, bouncing ideas, asking for rephrasing, exploring different angles.
This is VERY different to... See more
But that's NOT how I use AI at all.
When I work with AI, I'm not checking out of the creative process. I'm fully in it—throwing questions, bouncing ideas, asking for rephrasing, exploring different angles.
This is VERY different to... See more
️ Ev Chapman | Creative Entrepreneur • Tweet
Lots of people worry that AI will replace human writers. But I know something the computer doesn’t know, which is what it feels like inside my head. There is no text, no .jpg, no .csv that contains this information, because it is ineffable. My job is to carve off a sliver of the ineffable, and to eff it.
(William Wordsworth referred to this as... See more
(William Wordsworth referred to this as... See more
Adam Mastroianni • 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing
