When Everything You Create Starts Sounding Like ChatGPT (And How to Fix It)

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on personal writing and creativity, highlighting the dependency on tools like ChatGPT and the resulting loss of confidence in one's own voice.

Ever notice yourself reaching for AI before trying to think through something on your own? One sentence in an email, that’s all between me and the holiday weekend. Playing a live distractathon between things I must do and mind candy….I went for the candy. Not because I didn’t know what to say . Because I’d get distracted when I started. So I ask ChatGPT to finish it. Then the next one. Then the entire email. Few minutes later, I couldn’t draft anything without opening ChatGPT. And I’ve written a ton in my life. Now this passed, still I’m not alone. Many would be lost now if ChatGPT went away. Not likely, but still a ton of trust to put on something that’s not trustworthy yet. → People who once wrote easy to read emails, turn into corporate word salads→ People who made decisions in minutes now look to ChatGPT for confirmation (knowing they can’t trust the results).→ Creators who had strong voices can’t remember what they sounded like after AI cloning it all. One person told me: “I used to just... know what to write. Now I don’t trust myself to start without AI checking it first.” When we outsource the thinking part of writing something else gets weaker . The muscle turning rapid…

People in this episode

Host: Declan Dunn

Topics covered

• AI dependency
• writing skills
• creativity
• trust in AI
• communication
• distraction

Keywords

• AI
• ChatGPT
• writing
• creativity
• distraction
• communication
• trust

Mentioned in this episode

Products: ChatGPT

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