There's this idea floating around that using AI means you're...

There'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 how I used to create. Before, I'd sit alone with my thoughts for hours, staring at a blank screen, waiting for something to happen. I'd get stuck on an idea & abandon it for days. The whole process felt isolating—just me & my stubborn brain refusing to cooperate. Using AI doesn't have to mean stripping away the messiness of creation—it can actually enhance it. AI isn't a shortcut that lets you skip the thinking. It's a tool that lets you think differently—sometimes deeper, sometimes wider, sometimes just... differently.

️ Ev Chapman | Creative Entrepreneur • Tweet

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