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In Defense of AI Writing
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TL;DR
- Mike Taylor uses AI for ghostwriting much of his published content and personal blog posts.
- He revises and makes structural edits to the AI-generated text, but does not write the majority himself.
- The internet often reacts negatively to AI writing, with the primary objection being that writing equates to thinking and reasoning.
- The article questions the simple equation that outsourcing drafting to AI means outsourcing critical reasoning and judgment.
- It is argued that having compelling ideas does not automatically make one a great writer, and vice versa.