AI and the lines I won’t cross
The author reflects on the tension between manual creative processes and the convenience of generative AI in professional work. It argues that while AI can assist in structuring thoughts, over-reliance on it may diminish critical thinking and individual creative voice.
Why it matters
It addresses the growing concern among knowledge workers regarding the erosion of cognitive autonomy in the age of automated content generation.
I write by hand before I open my laptop. This is less noble than it sounds. The page may hold the beginning of an essay, a sentence I will later cross out, a note to buy coriander or toothpaste, or to call Mummy. A notebook does not care about hierarchy. It takes the thought and the shopping list in the order they arrive.
I have become more protective of this practice since using Artificial Intelligence (AI). My black Moleskine soft cover notebook is where I discover what I think, often by writing something inadequate and letting it rest. I do not want a machine waiting with a fluent answer before I have managed my own awkward one.
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