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The AI skeptic’s guide to AI collaboration

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The people who are most skeptical of AI are often those with the highest standards for quality. They've spent years honing their craft and see their work as deeply personal. To them, AI-produced work feels empty and soulless. I understand where they are coming from. Two years after the public release of ChatGPT, I am skeptical of the way so many people still treat it as a magic shortcut that eliminates the need for critical thought or insight. At the same time, I use ChatGPT throughout every day and find it makes everything I do better. I spent this past Thanksgiving trying (and failing) to convince a variety of skeptical familial writers/architects about AI's transformative potential. I’m very much on board with the technology, but it took me a while to get here. The problem is that most people misunderstand what AI is good at. They talk about it "taking over" writing, planning, and problem-solving—as if these were simple, mechanical tasks that could be fully automated without any los

The people who are most skeptical of AI are often those with the highest standards for quality. They've spent years honing their craft and see their work as deeply personal. To them, AI-produced work feels empty and soulless. I understand where they are coming from. Two years after the public release of ChatGPT, I am skeptical of the way so many people still treat it as a magic shortcut that eliminates the need for critical thought or insight. At the same time, I use ChatGPT throughout every day and find it makes everything I do better. I spent this past Thanksgiving trying (and failing) to…

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