So far, my only consistent use case for AI is as a line editor. Particularly if I get stuck in the grammar of a sentence, or find myself running on too long. I'll literally just say "can you make this sentence less bad?" and it usually can - although nothing I could copy/paste, just the format/structure.
I also like using it to trim down LinkedIn posts to fit the character limits.
I think there are risks to using it to write the shitty first draft for you - or even write an outline. That process of going from zero to something is part of what gives a piece of content its originality. I enjoy content that brings together diverse frameworks, studies or lines of thought - which AI will never do. I've found that reaching for AI too quickly can start to become a crutch - and cause my creative muscles to atrophy.
I just worry about the ecological costs of of all this. AI is harming the environment, and it's wild no one talks about that in articles like this. Is it ignorance? Laziness? It seems AI is so popular with Gen-Z and this fact should not be ignored.
I host hour long weekly calls with my subscribers. Once I get the video download, I get the transcript, and feed it into NoteBook LM to pull out the big 4-5 points that we talked about, and definitely edit and re-word. I also ask it for any books we mentioned, and list those out by bullet points.
Could I do all that? Sure. But that means taking notes DURING the call, or listening to the hour long conversation afterwards, when I'm already working on my next post, or another interview I'm hosting!
So far, my only consistent use case for AI is as a line editor. Particularly if I get stuck in the grammar of a sentence, or find myself running on too long. I'll literally just say "can you make this sentence less bad?" and it usually can - although nothing I could copy/paste, just the format/structure.
I also like using it to trim down LinkedIn posts to fit the character limits.
I think there are risks to using it to write the shitty first draft for you - or even write an outline. That process of going from zero to something is part of what gives a piece of content its originality. I enjoy content that brings together diverse frameworks, studies or lines of thought - which AI will never do. I've found that reaching for AI too quickly can start to become a crutch - and cause my creative muscles to atrophy.
I just worry about the ecological costs of of all this. AI is harming the environment, and it's wild no one talks about that in articles like this. Is it ignorance? Laziness? It seems AI is so popular with Gen-Z and this fact should not be ignored.
I host hour long weekly calls with my subscribers. Once I get the video download, I get the transcript, and feed it into NoteBook LM to pull out the big 4-5 points that we talked about, and definitely edit and re-word. I also ask it for any books we mentioned, and list those out by bullet points.
Could I do all that? Sure. But that means taking notes DURING the call, or listening to the hour long conversation afterwards, when I'm already working on my next post, or another interview I'm hosting!