First of all, that hotel room is better than any of the apartments I’ve lived in over my lifetime. Wow. Amazing. Your son really was getting into this video. He’s so cute!
As for your article, so much to unpack. I find, personally with AI, that I’ve really started editing a lot more than I used to and telling it to keep my voice, leave my words, don’t change this, don’t change that, take out the dashes. But it’s getting to be more effort doing that because it really does like to fight you and write it the way it wants to write it. So that’s gonna be tough moving forward.
Personally, I think it’s the performative writing, and performing vulnerability, and performing experiences, that are far more detrimental to writers than even AI. Because when you put a real, live experience written next to one of those pieces, you haven’t got a chance. Because those pieces are so neatly tied together, they don’t care about taking liberties and making stuff up.
It’s like watching a cinematic movie rather than reading somebody’s lived experience.
Love the Good Will Hunting example. It's one of my favorites. And 💯 you might be able to explain it, but you haven’t lived it.
😂 thanks for watching, Bette! My wife was on a work trip and tagged along so that helped us get into that hotel! And yes, Sebastian loves the camera…
I hear your struggles with AI editing. That’s why I usually just ask for generic feedback in a certain style. I never really like the specific sentence recommendations.
And completely agree on the performative antics. That’s existed for awhile online even before AI, although AI seems to have exacerbated it. Not sure what to do with that to be honest… people keep clicking. I just have to trust that putting genuine work out there will eventually do better over the long term (many people eventually catch on to the performative con artists).
Also love that you’re a Good Will Hunting fan. I find that dropping more pop cultural references distinguishes human from AI writing. Perhaps I should have added that as a point!
Thanks for reading, commenting, and restacking - appreciate you!
It reminds me of the YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok creator Zeth who is the dad and his daughter Saylor. Have you ever seen any of those videos? Oh my gosh, they are hilarious. They started doing them when she was maybe 4 or 5, and now she's 8, I think.
"Perhaps that will be our code in the future. The discreet typo or sentence fragment to signal humanity."
This made me laugh because it's both absurd and probably true.
We're heading toward a world where perfection is suspect.
It's like how luxury brands sometimes include intentional irregularities in handmade products to prove they weren't mass-produced. The dark side to this is when AI starts learning to fake imperfection lol
Remember, they copy us.
I think the only sustainable answer is what you're already suggesting: write things only you could write. Stories so specific, connections so weird, experiences so personal that AI couldn't replicate them without actually being you.
You're right - AI would eventually copy our hidden codes or signals lol. I think your writing is some of the best example of your sustainable answer. Keep it up! And thanks for dropping by.
If a computer can write it, then why bother. LLMs know nothing that humans didn't write first. They're mimics. But, just like a parrot, they understand nothing. They cannot create.
Most of what I read and write is technical, for the software company I'm part of. When young techies use AI to write about technology they, themselves, do not understand, the results are painful to read.
Oh I can only imagine - this is my fear with more technical writing. In the legal world where I come from, I see this more and more. Robotic legal writing without soul. You’re on a fast track to robots replacing you unless you adapt.
Thanks for reading and commenting here, Dick! Cheers.
First of all, that hotel room is better than any of the apartments I’ve lived in over my lifetime. Wow. Amazing. Your son really was getting into this video. He’s so cute!
As for your article, so much to unpack. I find, personally with AI, that I’ve really started editing a lot more than I used to and telling it to keep my voice, leave my words, don’t change this, don’t change that, take out the dashes. But it’s getting to be more effort doing that because it really does like to fight you and write it the way it wants to write it. So that’s gonna be tough moving forward.
Personally, I think it’s the performative writing, and performing vulnerability, and performing experiences, that are far more detrimental to writers than even AI. Because when you put a real, live experience written next to one of those pieces, you haven’t got a chance. Because those pieces are so neatly tied together, they don’t care about taking liberties and making stuff up.
It’s like watching a cinematic movie rather than reading somebody’s lived experience.
Love the Good Will Hunting example. It's one of my favorites. And 💯 you might be able to explain it, but you haven’t lived it.
😂 thanks for watching, Bette! My wife was on a work trip and tagged along so that helped us get into that hotel! And yes, Sebastian loves the camera…
I hear your struggles with AI editing. That’s why I usually just ask for generic feedback in a certain style. I never really like the specific sentence recommendations.
And completely agree on the performative antics. That’s existed for awhile online even before AI, although AI seems to have exacerbated it. Not sure what to do with that to be honest… people keep clicking. I just have to trust that putting genuine work out there will eventually do better over the long term (many people eventually catch on to the performative con artists).
Also love that you’re a Good Will Hunting fan. I find that dropping more pop cultural references distinguishes human from AI writing. Perhaps I should have added that as a point!
Thanks for reading, commenting, and restacking - appreciate you!
It reminds me of the YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok creator Zeth who is the dad and his daughter Saylor. Have you ever seen any of those videos? Oh my gosh, they are hilarious. They started doing them when she was maybe 4 or 5, and now she's 8, I think.
Never seen!
https://www.tiktok.com/@zeth?_r=1&_t=ZP-91LeFg6Jkju
Totally worth watching!
"Perhaps that will be our code in the future. The discreet typo or sentence fragment to signal humanity."
This made me laugh because it's both absurd and probably true.
We're heading toward a world where perfection is suspect.
It's like how luxury brands sometimes include intentional irregularities in handmade products to prove they weren't mass-produced. The dark side to this is when AI starts learning to fake imperfection lol
Remember, they copy us.
I think the only sustainable answer is what you're already suggesting: write things only you could write. Stories so specific, connections so weird, experiences so personal that AI couldn't replicate them without actually being you.
Happy Tuesday, John....
You're right - AI would eventually copy our hidden codes or signals lol. I think your writing is some of the best example of your sustainable answer. Keep it up! And thanks for dropping by.
Thank you John :)
Beautifully explained, John.
If a computer can write it, then why bother. LLMs know nothing that humans didn't write first. They're mimics. But, just like a parrot, they understand nothing. They cannot create.
Most of what I read and write is technical, for the software company I'm part of. When young techies use AI to write about technology they, themselves, do not understand, the results are painful to read.
Oh I can only imagine - this is my fear with more technical writing. In the legal world where I come from, I see this more and more. Robotic legal writing without soul. You’re on a fast track to robots replacing you unless you adapt.
Thanks for reading and commenting here, Dick! Cheers.