As I’ve gotten more interested in A.I., and use it more and more, I’ve discovered a very clear boundary or value in my use of it for writing.
I don’t want to publish pieces that A.I. wrote for me.
If I publish something with my name on it, I want that to be a promise to U, my present and future reader, that I wrote it.
I don’t want to take credit for something I didn’t write.
I’m happy to talk to A.I. about my ideas, and workshop them together. I’m incredibly grateful for its editing advice, both tactical line edits and suggestions for larger revisions.
(Claude recently helped me manage major revisions to my blog posts on NNTD, when I was overwhelmed by the volume of feedback I got on my earlier, first draft. I realized through this process that the jump from a first draft, from receiving content feedback, to revising and writing a second draft, has historically been one of the hardest parts of my writing process. Having Claude or another agent review and triage all the comments, and help me work through the revisions step-by-step, dramatically accelerates this process, and decreases the cognitive overhead or emotional load of doing so.)
I’m even happy to read things that A.I. writes for me.
(I’ve recently had the uncanny experience of asking Claude to write informational blog posts for me, as if from my future self, using my own structure, and having it write an excellent piece, instantly. I know that these pieces help me, personally, to learn material effectively and this was very helpful. But uncanny! But lovely!)
But I don’t want to publish them.
If it has my name on it, it’s from me.