I’m no expert here or anything. But what I’m finding is that I’ll do the initial research in Grok, then dump it into Claude and give it my voice guidance. After that, I have it generate the first draft.
My first drafts suck anyway. I mostly just want to get everything out faster. Boom. Get the raw material on the page.
I’m still spending four or five hours on the article afterward, but now I have more time to really fine-tune things. And kill all AI slop!
I'm just speaking of how i'm using it now. Since I took the class, I mean, it's just totally changed how I do things. And I think the result is a lot better
The Luddite and Scribe comparisons do hold up but the transitions took decades. What we are seeing now has compressed down to at least about 18 months for a lot of writer. The outcome may be the same but people caught in the middle aren't going to have the same amount of recovery time as their ancestors did.
Thanks for the helpful mindset shift. Incorporating AI into my writing feels like a betrayal.
For my last article, I allowed AI to produce a revised version of it. Instead of editing that version, I stuck with the original version and only added in edits from AI manually, mostly grammatical changes.
I look forward to learning more about how you use AI because I know it’s essential for productivity.
I use AI for research and editing. The impressions I gather when I walk down an ancient street, wander on a trail in the woods, or listen to beautiful music, are what I write in my travelog.
His argument is on the dependence of spoon fed knowledge as opposed to wisdom earned by logical rigor.
So he is still correct - all the more because of AI.
He even - in that same dialogue - explains the danger of people who can’t understand what they are seeing/ reading and instead just make things up or write articles about AI for their own self indulgence.
Before we attempt to correct Socrates we should be sure we understand “his” dialogues.
I’m no expert here or anything. But what I’m finding is that I’ll do the initial research in Grok, then dump it into Claude and give it my voice guidance. After that, I have it generate the first draft.
My first drafts suck anyway. I mostly just want to get everything out faster. Boom. Get the raw material on the page.
I’m still spending four or five hours on the article afterward, but now I have more time to really fine-tune things. And kill all AI slop!
I'm just speaking of how i'm using it now. Since I took the class, I mean, it's just totally changed how I do things. And I think the result is a lot better
Plato. The progenitor of the Internet?
Yes! Socrates would have kept us in the Dark Ages, Brian :)
The Luddite and Scribe comparisons do hold up but the transitions took decades. What we are seeing now has compressed down to at least about 18 months for a lot of writer. The outcome may be the same but people caught in the middle aren't going to have the same amount of recovery time as their ancestors did.
You’re right. Excellent point. I may edit this piece.
Keep it as is. No need to change.
Ok.
Also I am not saying people shouldn't be worried. I worried.
Thanks for the helpful mindset shift. Incorporating AI into my writing feels like a betrayal.
For my last article, I allowed AI to produce a revised version of it. Instead of editing that version, I stuck with the original version and only added in edits from AI manually, mostly grammatical changes.
I look forward to learning more about how you use AI because I know it’s essential for productivity.
Great article
Appreciate it, sir.
I use AI for research and editing. The impressions I gather when I walk down an ancient street, wander on a trail in the woods, or listen to beautiful music, are what I write in my travelog.
Absolutely. Those experiences cannot be replaced!
His argument is on the dependence of spoon fed knowledge as opposed to wisdom earned by logical rigor.
So he is still correct - all the more because of AI.
He even - in that same dialogue - explains the danger of people who can’t understand what they are seeing/ reading and instead just make things up or write articles about AI for their own self indulgence.
Before we attempt to correct Socrates we should be sure we understand “his” dialogues.
Sorry, editing for clarity.
This is a great insight from your perspective 👏🏻
I guess the trick is Ai drafts and then you do human edits, but hope you don't leave in an Ai tell.
I have the prompts and files to eliminate ai tlles. But, vic showed me today I still had some in this essay. Lesson learned. Still learning the ropes.
Wow! Probably some are more sensitive or aware of less obvious tells than others too.
Em dashes still got thru. But now I am looking v carefully. I dont assume any ai prompts will catch it all.