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- Using AI to generate content and passing it off as your own is likened to using WordArt in Word 97—it gives a false sense of expertise and quickly becomes banal when everyone does it.
- The obvious way to use a new tool isn't always the best; AI-generated writing without thought breaks the social contract of writing and isn't enjoyable for readers.
- AI is valuable for learning, research, and automating tedious tasks, but not for writing that you claim as your own, as it undermines authenticity and trust.
- When you use AI to write, your followers are no longer reading your words, and your name no longer guarantees origin.
- Use AI for non-human tasks, but pause before asking it to do human things like self-expression; express yourself directly rather than through AI.
- Speed isn't everything; some of the best ideas come when we are forced to pause.