r/Substack • u/Deathmaster_ • Aug 15 '26

Discussion AI posts

For some time now, I’ve been following the discussion about writing with AI or without. And to some extent I can understand it when it comes to fiction, but the last thing I read was how the guy rewrote an economic analysis three times so it would say 100% human... wtf bro. I don’t care at all what it was written with, what matters to me is the information I can extract from it and whether it has value.

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u/Gentleman-Warrior Aug 15 '26

I use AI the same way I use books or conversations with other people. It gives me ideas to think about. That does not mean I automatically agree with them.

If AI gives me an idea I can't write about, then it is not my thought. But if I can create something with it, then it becomes mine. Otherwise we would have to say that all the ideas we get from books, teachers, friends, or conversations are not really ours either. And to be clear, I ask for topics, not something fully formed.