Hey Reader,

I've reached my "alright, F this, I gotta say something" moment.

I've had enough of holier-than-thou writers claiming a monopoly on thinking.

Yes, writing is a form of thinking. But you know what else is?
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Voice note rambling about something I’ve been thinking about in my head for long enough that I’m ready to write about it, but don’t feel like spending 3 hours grinding through the writing process.
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I felt like this BEFORE AI.

I mean, you know editors existed before AI, right?!​
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Trust me, I don't need to grind through a 3-hour writing process to have thought enough about a topic to edit the hell out of it and make it even better.
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​Writing is only one form of thinking.

(See: Talking)
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My brain isn’t atrophying. I feel more aligned with what I’m writing than ever before. And it’s because I have an AI trained on me to give me my beautiful first draft that I can edit the crap out of.

And by decent enough, I mean:

• AI has enough context in Claude projects
• It has all of the transcripts of me rambling about a topic
• It’s been prompted well
• It knows my voice, style, and tone

Riddle me this:

If AI was prompted by me, based on tons of context I gave it, then edited by me for hours, who wrote it? Me, or AI?

I'd argue I wrote it. It's got my DNA all over it. The thinking is mine. The phrasing is mine. The arguments are mine.

And in response to this question, which I just got on LinkedIn:​
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​"Out of curiosity, what's your stance on labelling content as 'AI-assisted' in the interest of transparency? Something I've been pondering a lot recently."

I don't think anything needs to be labeled as AI-assisted. Do CEOs label their writing as "Ghostwriter-assisted"? No. They take full credit.
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​Writing has been done by committee forever. AI is simply a part of that committee now, in my opinion.

If AI is the ONLY one involved. Like, you did ZERO thinking, just asked it to write about some random topic, then did not edit it and hit publish, sure, that's AI-only.

But no decent marketer I know would do that. So...yeah.

What do you think? Go join the conversation on LinkedIn. It's heating up.

I think these conversations are really important cuz the only way we're gonna get through these weird times is to talk to each other about it. We do not need to navigate this alone. All opinions are welcome, as long as we all keep it respectful.

Cheers,

Erica

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