The article reflects on the author's struggle with the impact of AI on the creative process. They express feelings of inadequacy, as the spontaneity of their original thoughts feels obsolete compared to the instant, polished outputs generated by AI. The author reminisces about the joy of deeply engaging with their writing and how it shaped their thinking. However, the ease of generating content with AI has led to a sense of atrophy in their thinking skills, resulting in a conflicted relationship with technology that both enhances and undermines their creativity.
The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I make organically can compete with what AI produces-or soon will.
When my brain spontaneously forms a tiny sliver of a potentially interesting concept, I can shove a few sloppy words into a prompt and get a fully reasoned thought.
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