Step one: open up the LLM Step two: close the LLM Step three: pick up a pen and write Writing with LLMs is a great way to make yourself stupid: https://lambd

Step one: open up the LLM Step two: close the LLM Step three: pick up a pen and write Writing with LLMs is a great way to make yourself stupid: https://lambdaland.org/posts/2026-08-07-ai-writing-stupid/ https://lambdaland.org/posts/2026-08-07-ai-writing-stupid/ I'm glad the OP acknowledges that you have to have to do the writing yourself—though they say this more as a means to avoid getting pegged as having used an LLM, whereas I see the problem as being cognitive surrender.