Just yesterday I was told how refreshing it was to read something written by a human. I assume that meant “littered with non sequiturs” but I’ll take it.
This is such a great take. And so timely and pressing, really. That we need to lean in to our humanity now more than ever is a compelling argument in this time of AI and easy information access.
And while knowledge and expertise was once a compelling platform on which to build a personal brand, those days may be forever behind us. “For yourself: the best way to differentiate yourself right now is through showing effort, process, vulnerability, personality, thoughtfulness, perspective, and creativity.”
I use LLMs very lightly with my writing. I don’t let it change my voice or provide re-writes. Mostly I use it to identify areas in my writing that may be repetitive or have poor transitions. But then I do all of the editing and review myself. 90% of the time I don’t change anything.
Recently my LLM caught that I said I spent 10 years in another country when I meant to say days. I decided that I wasn’t going to fix the typo because I felt there was some human humor and symbolism to it (the themes of the piece were about our obsession with optimization, choice, and time). I don’t that typo will take any meaning away from the piece.
Leaning into the work in progress! ✊
F yes
Thank you for writing this - especially the thought starters - excited to “go off the beaten path” from my algorithm today!
it’s the best!! i hope you end up somewhere delightfully random
Just yesterday I was told how refreshing it was to read something written by a human. I assume that meant “littered with non sequiturs” but I’ll take it.
haha yeah people have really been loving my poor grammar lately.
This is such a great take. And so timely and pressing, really. That we need to lean in to our humanity now more than ever is a compelling argument in this time of AI and easy information access.
And while knowledge and expertise was once a compelling platform on which to build a personal brand, those days may be forever behind us. “For yourself: the best way to differentiate yourself right now is through showing effort, process, vulnerability, personality, thoughtfulness, perspective, and creativity.”
Yaaasss!
I use LLMs very lightly with my writing. I don’t let it change my voice or provide re-writes. Mostly I use it to identify areas in my writing that may be repetitive or have poor transitions. But then I do all of the editing and review myself. 90% of the time I don’t change anything.
Recently my LLM caught that I said I spent 10 years in another country when I meant to say days. I decided that I wasn’t going to fix the typo because I felt there was some human humor and symbolism to it (the themes of the piece were about our obsession with optimization, choice, and time). I don’t that typo will take any meaning away from the piece.
A good read! Thank you.
This is so affirming and exactly what I am doing with my substack - Open Practice - intentionally showing the work
Brilliant, finally someone talking about practical ways to be better with or without AI instead of moaning about AI in words AI wrote anyway!!!
as much as i love to moan it doesn’t get us very far
a fresh of breath air 😌 mallory thank you
your posts have quickly become the ones i look forward to the most!
sorry this one took a while!!