Thanks for that very apt article, George. Now that I am using ai to generate nurturing emails, after dumping my whole course and much more into it, ai has taken on a life of its own that I'm not all that enamoured with. Very short sentences, being super PC and never stating the raw facts, using buffering words to minimise any possibly confronting ideas, deciding what my coaching voice sounds like, and the list goes on. Not that I'm not grateful for the ease with which it is enabling me to generate ideas, but it sure needs a lot of prompting, so thank you again.
True that we cannot just give Ai a bunch of stuff and expect it to know our voice! It is overwhelmed so might default to what you don't want. Instead it's better to keep correcting it -- give it examples of what it said, that doesn't sound like you, and give a few short examples of how you sound instead. Then ask it to generate guidelines based on that. Then paste in those guidelines whenever you want its help to write. Then ask it to modify those guidelines based on your further corrections, etc. It should get better with each guideline version.
Thanks for sharing your prompt! I've recently started interacting with AI on my content, and it's been an education. I studied philosophy and Ancient Greek in college, and my writing and thinking reflect that - and not any literary training! AI started using languaging in the critiques I asked for, which was new to me, and I found references used in writing classes. On the one hand, this has been invaluable in deepening my analysis of the craft. On the other hand, I ended up spending 6 weeks on one essay, and it came out overworked, but I thought, good enough to use. I've now implemented a one-week rule, assuming I've had my first workshop. I've also stopped allowing AI to rewrite for me - which does slow it down - except for spot requests. Making the AI tell me what it sees is training me to be a better editor - I hope. I'm looking forward to making the prompt my own and using it this week! Thanks always for your generosity and wisdom.
Indeed, ai hasn't lessened work, it has intensified it! It allows us to learn/do a lot more, so we need to be more vigilant about resting before we need to 😅🙏🏼
Thanks so much, George. I felt a bit overwhelmed by how to start "un-AIing" my content, and this at least gives some insight, perspective, and structure that I can start with.
Thanks for that very apt article, George. Now that I am using ai to generate nurturing emails, after dumping my whole course and much more into it, ai has taken on a life of its own that I'm not all that enamoured with. Very short sentences, being super PC and never stating the raw facts, using buffering words to minimise any possibly confronting ideas, deciding what my coaching voice sounds like, and the list goes on. Not that I'm not grateful for the ease with which it is enabling me to generate ideas, but it sure needs a lot of prompting, so thank you again.
True that we cannot just give Ai a bunch of stuff and expect it to know our voice! It is overwhelmed so might default to what you don't want. Instead it's better to keep correcting it -- give it examples of what it said, that doesn't sound like you, and give a few short examples of how you sound instead. Then ask it to generate guidelines based on that. Then paste in those guidelines whenever you want its help to write. Then ask it to modify those guidelines based on your further corrections, etc. It should get better with each guideline version.
many thanks for your excellent advice. I'm on to it!
Thanks for sharing your prompt! I've recently started interacting with AI on my content, and it's been an education. I studied philosophy and Ancient Greek in college, and my writing and thinking reflect that - and not any literary training! AI started using languaging in the critiques I asked for, which was new to me, and I found references used in writing classes. On the one hand, this has been invaluable in deepening my analysis of the craft. On the other hand, I ended up spending 6 weeks on one essay, and it came out overworked, but I thought, good enough to use. I've now implemented a one-week rule, assuming I've had my first workshop. I've also stopped allowing AI to rewrite for me - which does slow it down - except for spot requests. Making the AI tell me what it sees is training me to be a better editor - I hope. I'm looking forward to making the prompt my own and using it this week! Thanks always for your generosity and wisdom.
Indeed, ai hasn't lessened work, it has intensified it! It allows us to learn/do a lot more, so we need to be more vigilant about resting before we need to 😅🙏🏼
Thanks so much, George. I felt a bit overwhelmed by how to start "un-AIing" my content, and this at least gives some insight, perspective, and structure that I can start with.
Thanks Sarayu! I really hope it helps 🙏🏼🙏🏼