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Beyond AI Slop: Learning to Write (and Think) with ChatGPT Without Losing My Voice

How AI speeds up thinking but can’t replace judgment, and why the real craft of writing is in knowing what to keep, what to cut, and how to stay in control—and that hasn't changed!

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Mar 18, 2025
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If you think AI wrote this, I encourage you to try to prompt for it and see if you can get anything this personal that doesn’t sound like hallucinated AI slop. Asking AI prompted stuff alone to be extraordinary writing is like expecting a paint can to roll onto the canvas and become one of Andy Warhol’s soup cans. Good writing is a dance, and I’m reveal…

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