My writing robot
I’ve experimented with AI in every facet of my writing to understand it. I’ve found it’s most helpful in the upstream and downstream phases. Upstream, when I have an idea, I can use a tool like ChatGPT to offload some of the cognitive burden. Instead of just typing notes, I can have a back-and-forth conversation, pulling out the essence of a
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But the technology’s capacity for imitation will likely continue to improve: New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka observed that ChatGPT was not very effective at mimicking his own writing voice, but the AI startup, Writer, created a bot trained on his own writing to produce text in his voice that, while not perfect, was still “unnervingly
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The key to working with your timid scribe is understanding its strengths and limitations. My experience with AI so far has shown me that AI is brilliant at:
- Pulling out ideas I didn't know I had (by asking me smart questions)
- Creating structure from my scattered thoughts
- Remembering all the context and examples I've shared
- Generating options when I'm