"After it was more or less complete, I ran it by one of the public LLMs for comment. It made several suggestions including the deletion of the term "hot mess." I asked it several times for clarity about why it wanted to remove the term without getting a clear answer. I finally said, "I really like the term because it correctly describes what is going on and I'm putting it in the title.""
"Before AI, I, like many writers, would go through several drafts and change things frequently before being satisfied with the final product. But if AI had been around and I had relied on it more or less completely, I might not have gotten a final product I was proud of. No hot mess. That's because words matter. Names matter. The turn of a phrase is important and can turn writing into something memorable. And there's plenty of historical examples."
AI tools tend to please users and mirror preferences, which can produce agreeable but style-diluting suggestions. Reliance solely on AI can diminish distinctive voice and reduce the likelihood of producing memorable phrasing. Human curation and multiple drafts preserve nuance, rhetorical turns, and naming choices that attract readership. Word choice and tone can materially affect engagement metrics such as clicks and likes. Historical examples show famous lines were carefully revised to achieve lasting impact. Writers should balance AI assistance with deliberate personal editing to maintain style, originality, and reader appeal.
Read at Above the Law
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