Mastodawn

Me too @cliffle , me too. I was crucified for sharing my AI workflows for writing by the writing community. 😅

They think I was generating text and just hitting publish. They couldn't be more wrong. In the end I think it's just pointless arguing with purists. I will just continue learning and improving.

LLMs have enabled me to keep burnout at bay, learn and improve my writing skills and work much faster. But the techniques I use are not what they think.

It has made writing fun again, as with LLMs I have gained a colleague to chat with as I work. On top of that it has helped me decode and demystify my craft in unanticipated ways.

PS: I write highly technical B2B/ technical docs for Saas companies, but I also have a simple workflow for personal writing

@cliffle https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle/116236925418163272

cliffle (@[email protected])

I find most of the discourse on "AI" right now really painfully polarized, which is why I've been avoiding talking about it -- I have no interest in getting sucked into it on either "side." I obviously have thoughts (as an author and programmer) but they contain nuance and complexity, and I don't think there's a lot of room for that at the moment.

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Mackaj 2d ago

@liztai @cliffle

And his 2nd reply is a sarcastic swipe at him for not taking sides, thereby proving his point.

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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾2d ago

@mackaj There's a very good reason why I didn't include the AI hashtag in my post. I know these replies would be inevitable lol. @cliffle

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Allie!2d ago

@liztai @cliffle exactly the same regarding techniques.

I have a whole control framework developed that works *astoundingly well* for my research work (not writing!) and I can’t even hint at what I’m doing without getting burned at the stake.

I really look forward to this pivoting eventually, for now I just keep working away doing the best and most satisfying work of my life, and they’ll assume I’m relying on machines to do my thinking for me and that couldn’t be further from the truth.

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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾2d ago

@dotsie One of my favourite things is to learn the use cases for AI, especially from other writers! Do share yours!
TBH mine is not super advanced, I use it mostly to brainstorm and refine. For eg, i'll come up with an angle and ask my AI colleague: "What pushback will customers give me? I assume it'll be a, b, c. what do you think?"

Or, this morning, what's really useful for me - decoding turgid engineerspeak, asking AI: WTF is he trying to say here? Explain to me like i'm 5.

You don't know how much I adore this function.

@cliffle

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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾2d ago

@dotsie about research. Notebook LLM has been indespensible for me. I use it to understand tough engineering concepts and documents. I use its podcast and video features heavily as I learn better through visuals and audio. I use it also as a fact checker to ensure every fact I cite did come from a source. For fiction, it's an incredible character world building bible. @cliffle

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Hamiller Hubzilla 2d ago

@Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

Notebook LM is also very useful to me. I use it to analyze and summarize difficult articles. I then compare the results with my own notes. In doing so, I often come across interesting new insights.