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Max Murphy's avatar

I’ve been writing my whole life. I write professionally. I write in my free time for fun.

I have never been better at writing because of ChatGPT.

It isn’t about slapping together a prompt and then copy/pasting it. ChatGPT can write the bad first draft. Give you ideas for the outline. Tell you what isn’t working too well. Help you brainstorm. Become your personal editor. If used properly, it can be your writing mentor.

I have a hunch AI writing tools will be a staple of professionals at any level within our lifetime.

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Henrik Karlsson's avatar

Me too! I don't find it useful for outlining or writing/style. But I use it to pinpoint holes in my logic and tell me if I miss some angle. I also use it as a fuzzy synonym search, which is useful since my english vocabulary is rather more limited than my Swedish so I can think a lot more things than I can say but can't google them. Also, voice transcription has been a big step up recently since I've started using whisper locally to sketch out parts of first drafts somtimes + record feedback sessions with my editor + random conversations to better remember ideas etc. And I also use chatgpt to summarize those things so it is easier for me to remember what was in a particular converastion.

I suspect this will add up to me being able to push my craft further faster, focusing on the elements I add - insight, personality, taste, personal experience, weird input data that is out of distribution etc.

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Max Murphy's avatar

I think that’s the most empowering part about all these tools. Anyone can use them the way that best suits their ability.

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