You started with AI because time to write was the bottleneck. Hook timings, guest grades and the MCP server made each post look better, but none of them gave you an hour back to write. Did you notice the moment the system started taking more hours than it saved, or only looking back?
Glad to see you speak to this, because this has been my experience developing anything with AI. Even if you start with a clear idea on what you’re trying to build and your ideal output, you end up at some point coming up for air like - what the hell am I trying to solve right now?
I also have a background in music making and it reminds me of similar issues where devices aren’t syncing or midi timeclock is doing weird shit or you’ve got audio interference or whatever - you end up tackling technical or engineering issues instead of just making shit. Which is the point.
Also to the overuse and laziness on its use, 1000 times yes and I hate it.
I recognize and exercise the value of AI as a tool that is capable of some incredible things, but as soon as you outsource your pov you’re fucked.
Writing and communicating are different in the same way that painting is different from hanging one.
Write for the joy of it, for the act of creation. Write to tell a story or to change someone. But if your goal is just to communicate a thought, like the benefits of an electric convection oven or something, then I believe it's not only fine to use AI, but it's actually a disservice to the oven and the company that manufactures it if you DON'T use it.
Strong title. Where do you draw the line in practice: is AI fine for research and structure as long as the final words are human, or do you think even the outline flattens the voice? I'm Shrey, co-founder of CambrianEdge.ai. We spend a lot of time on exactly this question.
“Creativity is earned. It can’t be manufactured. It can’t be outsourced to a model.”. Accurate. I write first, and *if* I run my writing through a model, I make it a point to not cut and paste. Too easy to skip the thinking part, and better if you make yourself retype what is being suggested so you really think about how to present suggestions in your own voice.
The time point is the honest one. If you only get a few hours a week for content, AI makes it very easy to fill them with more posts instead of better ones. We use AI heavily on the editing side of video, and the part we still keep for people is deciding what the piece is actually saying.
You started with AI because time to write was the bottleneck. Hook timings, guest grades and the MCP server made each post look better, but none of them gave you an hour back to write. Did you notice the moment the system started taking more hours than it saved, or only looking back?
Glad to see you speak to this, because this has been my experience developing anything with AI. Even if you start with a clear idea on what you’re trying to build and your ideal output, you end up at some point coming up for air like - what the hell am I trying to solve right now?
I also have a background in music making and it reminds me of similar issues where devices aren’t syncing or midi timeclock is doing weird shit or you’ve got audio interference or whatever - you end up tackling technical or engineering issues instead of just making shit. Which is the point.
Also to the overuse and laziness on its use, 1000 times yes and I hate it.
I recognize and exercise the value of AI as a tool that is capable of some incredible things, but as soon as you outsource your pov you’re fucked.
Writing and communicating are different in the same way that painting is different from hanging one.
Write for the joy of it, for the act of creation. Write to tell a story or to change someone. But if your goal is just to communicate a thought, like the benefits of an electric convection oven or something, then I believe it's not only fine to use AI, but it's actually a disservice to the oven and the company that manufactures it if you DON'T use it.
Oh god bless
Strong title. Where do you draw the line in practice: is AI fine for research and structure as long as the final words are human, or do you think even the outline flattens the voice? I'm Shrey, co-founder of CambrianEdge.ai. We spend a lot of time on exactly this question.
Thank you for sharing! This was such a great read.
Once every rough edge is optimized away, you haven’t scaled a voice. You’ve built a very efficient impersonation of one.
“Creativity is earned. It can’t be manufactured. It can’t be outsourced to a model.”. Accurate. I write first, and *if* I run my writing through a model, I make it a point to not cut and paste. Too easy to skip the thinking part, and better if you make yourself retype what is being suggested so you really think about how to present suggestions in your own voice.
The time point is the honest one. If you only get a few hours a week for content, AI makes it very easy to fill them with more posts instead of better ones. We use AI heavily on the editing side of video, and the part we still keep for people is deciding what the piece is actually saying.