When ChatGPT launched, I panicked. I'm a writer. If AI can write, what's left for me?
Then I actually tried it. And I realized: AI writes like a machine. It's competent, correct, and completely soulless.
But here's what AI does brilliantly: the tedious stuff. First drafts. Research summaries. Reformatting. All the work that eats time but doesn't require creativity.
Now I use AI like an assistant. It handles the boring parts. I handle the parts that require actually being human.
My output has doubled. My stress has halved. And my writing? It's better than ever, because I'm not exhausted from formatting hell before I even start the creative work.
The fear around AI is misplaced. AI isn't coming for creative jobs. It's coming for the uncreative parts of creative jobs.
Embrace it. Use it. Let it handle the drudgery so you can focus on the work that actually matters.
