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I use AI to write a little bit: I ask it for high level feedback on blog post drafts, make mechanical edits, and sometimes use it to brainstorm options for wording at a paragraph level. It’s unusual that I accept its wording or changes without modification. I think AI has helped make my posts better, but I never use it to write large amounts of text. I think that’s disrespectful to the reader. If you hope for me to read your writing, I expect you to treat my time as valuable. It is pretty much always a waste of time to read long blocks of AI writing. A simple test is how much AI is amplifying the volume of text: did you give a short prompt and it expanded it into a post? Did you write an outline and it filled in the details? If so, please delete your AI-written text and just send me your prompt! People write because there’s something that only they know and are trying to communicate. If I want to know the standard knowledge, or the standard arguments in favor of such an idea, I can ask

I use AI to write a little bit: I ask it for high level feedback on blog post drafts, make mechanical edits, and sometimes use it to brainstorm options for wording at a paragraph level. It's unusual that I accept its wording or changes without modification. I think AI has helped make my posts better, but I never use it to write large amounts of text. I think that's disrespectful to the reader. If you hope for me to read your writing, I expect you to treat my time as valuable. It is pretty much always a waste of time to read long blocks of AI writing. A simple test is how much AI is amplifying

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