AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Jim VandeHei: Writing with AI
Few AI use cases elicit more outrage than writing: Using AI makes writing duller ... dumber ... robotic. It kills thinking ... creativity ... originality. It produces sameness and slop! Why it matters: All that's true — if you, as the teacher or writer, allow it to be true. Lazy AI outsourcing means lazy thinking and writing. Used with persistence and skill, AI can enhance both your thoughts and expression. I'm thinking and writing more and better than ever. But I want to be frank and useful about what I've learned about writing and the limits I've hit since turning myself into an AI lab rat : - Caution 1: I'm 55, a writer by training, went in aware of AI dangers, and am a prolific writer with or without it. Anyone lazily letting AI…