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Don't Use AI to Write

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  1. trjordan · · focus · HN ↗
    So let me get this straight:

    - You can use AI to look through docs and do research.

    - You can use AI to structure your argument.

    - You can NOT use AI to actually write the prose.

    - You can use AI to proofread, especially for how effectively you've communicated.

    I don't know, man, that sounds a lot like using AI to write. Your writing probably says "load-bearing" less than Claude's outputs, but I'm not sure it's much less AI.

    1. satisfice · · focus · HN ↗
      The statement should be: never use AI to draft text that is to be presented as your own authorial voice.

      Never, never, do that!

      I draft all my own text that anyone will ever read as “that’s James Bach talking to me.” I want no one to be able to credibly question that.

      But of course, writing is more than merely drafting the text. As I draft, I write about ideas that other people or AI may have helped me come to.

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