Everybody’s outsourcing their voice to AI, but I’m still here, typing every word with my ten fingers

Writing your own thoughts isn’t outdated. It’s the most human thing you can still do on the internet

Last weekend, my good friend showed me how I could train an LLM to write blog posts just like me. The LLM generously assessed my voice and tone (which made me feel understood!), and then spat out a blog post that could’ve been a first draft for me. While I felt curious about it, I can’t say that I felt drawn to the solution.

That’s not the only idea that comes to mind. I could, in theory, just speak my thoughts out, get the sound file transcribed, drop it into an AI tool and prompt it to write a blog post. That post could probably work — it would be formatted thoughtfully, edited with more polish, and fit in with the convention of the other content that works on platforms.

I feel like a caveperson typing this blog out. In the age of AI, it makes little sense.

It feels kinda dumb.

I’ve got into heated debates about this, both with myself and others.

I’m not going to ignore AI. In fact, I’m in the middle of trying something new with it right now.

I’m also not going to stop typing this blog out. I want to explain more clearly why, and it starts like this: