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"I use ChatGPT heavily for all sorts of things (code, brainstorming, helping me understand different topics) but I hardly ever copy and paste its output directl
by danenania 3y ago
"I use ChatGPT heavily for all sorts of things (code, brainstorming, helping me understand different topics) but I hardly ever copy and paste its output directly into writing that I'm doing."
My experience is similar. I think ChatGPT's main flaw as a writer is that it lacks personality and a compelling voice. It may have excellent grammar and sentence structure, but that usually isn't enough to hold someone's attention or make them really enjoy a piece of writing.
The tricky part is that developing a voice is an advanced writing skill and takes a lot of practice. So I suppose the downside of this boost that ChatGPT can give to people who aren't strong writers is that ChatGPT could also easily become the ceiling of their writing abilities if it causes them to stop practicing and improving.
Of course, this all becomes moot if AI improves to the point that it can fully emulate an authentic human voice and produce content at the level of the best writers. I used to think this was really far off, but with the current pace of progress, I'm not so sure.
- svachalek 3y agoIt's not terribly far off. ChatGPT is so bound up in muzzles and straitjackets it's surprising it can write at all. Its wet toast style of writing is heavily enforced, i.e. it's a "feature".