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AI: A Tool of Our Own Making

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By Tracy Schruder

As a writer, I’ve been fascinated by the capabilities and limitations of Artificial Intelligence. It’s almost like science fiction come to life – we create this technology, and it reflects back to us our own strengths and weaknesses. One theory suggests that AI keeps track of our conversations to understand our personalities and intentions, essentially acting as a mirror to our digital selves.

I’ve used AI for research and editing, appreciating its ability to streamline my workflow while staying true to my voice and intentions.

However, I’ve recently realized that there’s a cost to relying too heavily on this tool. I’ve started to crave the tactile experience of research – the feel of paper, the smell of old books, and the thrill of discovery.

There’s something special about immersing myself in the process, from reading and note-taking to watching videos and conducting interviews. It’s a holistic experience that sharpens my mind and makes me a better writer.

While AI is a valuable tool, it’s just that – a tool. I’m choosing to scale back my use, reserving it for grammar, spelling, and punctuation checks, if I use it at all.

My goal is to deliver honest, authentic work to my readers, and I feel that’s best achieved by getting my hands dirty in the research process. I’m not judging those who use AI – it’s a magnificent tool, after all – but for me, the journey is just as important as the destination.

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  1. .Killa. Avatar
    .Killa.

    “However, I’ve recently realized that there’s a cost to relying too heavily on this tool. I’ve started to crave the tactile experience of research – the feel of paper, the smell of old books, and the thrill of discovery.”

    “There’s something special about immersing myself in the process, from reading and note-taking to watching videos and conducting interviews. It’s a holistic experience that sharpens my mind and makes me a better writer.”

    Absolutely spot-on, that is so true Tracy 🤟😆😆

    “While AI is a valuable tool, it’s just that – a tool. I’m choosing to scale back my use, reserving it for grammar, spelling, and punctuation checks, if I use it at all.”

    Lately I have been using A.I to do exactly these things and it does help dramatically increase productivity due to how accurate it is and how fast it is at scanning though writings and detecting grammatical issues, though I usually tend to only use A.I with lengthy in-depth writings that take noticeably longer to correct. I typically let A.I check for spelling issues and for highlighting, I use to highlight certain parts of my text manually for years, but A.I is capable of doing that so recently I just had some fun by marking the specific sections I wanted highlighted and then let A.I apply the coloring — it has been pretty impressive 👍👍😆

    “My goal is to deliver honest, authentic work to my readers, and I feel that’s best achieved by getting my hands dirty in the research process. I’m not judging those who use AI – it’s a magnificent tool, after all – but for me, the journey is just as important as the destination.”

    I am happy to see that’s how you feel about it 💯💙💙. A.I can’t deliver personality and style to our work nearly to the degree and caliber that we do ourselves, and part of what makes reading other people’s work so interesting, is the uniqueness and the different ways people do stuff, which is a really good thing to highlight 📌🎯😇😇

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      TracySchruder

      Thank you Killa! I appreciate your supportive comments! I recently renewed my subscription with Word and it has copilot. I’m probably going to listen to the suggestions and like you said use it to polish and edit lengthy text. I mean we created this amazing tool to be used and I’m on and off the fence about how using it effects my work. I’m not complaining seriously I see me using it more in the future I just have to balance it out with my feet on the ground, flesh blood and bones grit and the fulfilling cycle of doing the research and work myself. I’m old school hunny 😂 I have notebooks, journals and a large collection of pens and pencils all over my house and car, in an organized manner of course 😊. I also own a fantastic little digital voice recorder that I bought way back in 2015 when I took my creative writing classes. It’s a great tool because it helps me feel and hear the tone of my interviews. I always love getting your thoughts and feelings on my blog posts. Thank you so much! Have a magnificent day my friend 🥰😊💫✍️💫⚡️

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      1. .Killa. Avatar
        .Killa.

        You are so welcome hun 💙🤗☺️❣️. It’s so cool that you get to use the latest edition of word — in the past, I remember the old Microsoft office suite being my go-to. Upon installing Windows 11 (which feels alot like windows 10, but on steroids LOL) I got a chance to see an overview of the new Microsoft Word which is times more awesome than the older Microsoft equivalents, in terms of the new features and overall enhancements but I haven’t tried it/used it yet, but from what I gather, Copilot is very good 👍😄.

        Hahaha right, you are definitely old school Tracy and I love the story you shared with me about the interesting things you still love to do when it comes to writing 💘💘. I love to keep things original and old school too, and there is nothing wrong with having some A.I fun to help with polishing things up and minor editing here and there to help save a ton of time, and using it in ways that work for us rather than a situation where we are just using the technology just because we feel it’s something that has to be used all the time 🤭💯💯.

        Thank you so much for your kind comments, they make me very happy 😍😍. I always love and adore your insights and feelings also, and it was a deep pleasure to have this exchange with you Tracy — Happy New Year sweetheart 🎉🎆🥰😹🙌

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        TracySchruder

        Happy New Year!🥂 I look forward to reading your blog posts and beautiful messages next year, Killa! Keep on breaking through deep misconceptions hunny! Your writing is so enlightening and causes one to pause and reconsider the garbage we’ve been fed as facts by those knowingly and possibly unknowingly spread ideas based on men who pondered reality but never really tasted curiosity. You are a beautiful and rare being who has seen through the veil and are exposing false information one blog at a time! 🥂✍️🥂🥰💛

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      3. .Killa. Avatar
        .Killa.

        Awwww that’s extra sweet Tracy 🫶🫂😍😍

        I am tremendously heartened by the lovely words that flow from your heart about me and how beautiful my messages are to you ❣️🤗🤗💘🫶. I take your thoughts to heart and I couldn’t agree with you more my friend 💯💯; there are times individuals present things that they are very insistent about, things that as you look closer, you realize, aren’t really reflected in reality or at least not quite in way that they are looking at it, in such cases, we’ll just have to believe it when you see it because clearly something doesn’t pass the reality test 😹.

        You are a very gracious flower of beauty and a darling of glamour that I am more than blessed to met and cherish as a dear friend 💌💫😇😇. You warm my heart every time you speak, and I am so glad that you are you and I embrace you with deep loving affection Tracy 💛🌹🥰

        🥳🎇 Happy New Year 🥂😄🎈🎈

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