3 Months Ago, I Barely Knew AI Existed — Now I Use It Every Day
Not for this article though! AI is great for certain types of writing, but personal essays are best written by actual humans.
If you’d asked me if I use AI in my writing this time last year, you would have gotten nothing but a confused look. Maybe even an angry, slightly offended one. I have been writing for over a decade and have never even considered outsourcing it to anyone or anything. I pride myself in my style, my voice, the way I choose my words.
So when someone did ask me about how I use ChatGPT for my work two years ago — back in the day I was a freelance journalist and translator — I didn’t even know what he was talking about. I didn’t live under a rock; I’d heard about the basic concept of AI, but I’d never heard of ChatGPT and had no idea what it was for.
Since I don’t like the person who asked me that question, I deleted their message and moved on with my life. Until I crashed into the wall that is writers’ block …
Looking for Inspiration
It happened when I was sitting on my balcony, peacefully, blinking into the sun over the edge of my laptop. I had just started writing a blog post, but suddenly my brain went numb and lost all coherent thoughts. The start of the article came easily, yet after the…
