I recently spoke with a reader of this blog. He noticed something strange about a lot of the other articles in his inbox.

“Most of the newsletters I get seem to be written by AI,” he explained.

He’s probably right! But I never, ever use AI to write this blog. Here’s why…

Respecting Your Time

You don’t need me to type prompts into ChatGPT for you. And if a blog is written by AI, that’s what they’re doing.

My goal is to give you an inside view of technology and business from someone who’s in the market every day.

An AI cannot do that. That requires human experience.

Writing Helps Me Figure Out What I Think

As I write, I work out a perspective. And my viewpoint has to be clear, so it makes sense when you read it!

Here’s an example: in February, I wrote about how consumer subscriptions can make great investments.

I’ve tended to focus on SaaS and marketplaces in the past. But seeing Duolingo grow into a $10 billion monster, I had to admit consumer subscriptions could produce giant outcomes.

The research and thinking I did for that post really informed my recent investment in Zest, which is basically Duolingo for cooking. When I read that deal memo, I knew that consumer subscriptions could become big winners.

Why I Started This Blog in the First Place

I started this blog in November 2020. It looked like we were going into a second COVID lockdown here in North Jersey. I needed a new, lockdown proof hobby.

As it happened, we never did have that 2nd lockdown. But the habit of writing stuck — this is the 929th post!

If I have AI do the writing for me, there goes my hobby!

As AI becomes increasingly powerful, we must be careful not to let it replace the things we enjoy.

Perhaps you enjoy playing the guitar. Some day, AI may make better songs than you can.

But that’s okay! There’s joy in the handmade and imperfect.

Where AI Fits In

While I never use AI to do the writing for me, AI can be very helpful in research.

When I wrote about Astribot recently, I was struck by how different companies are converging on the same design. It reminded me of how Leibniz and Newton both invented calculus independently around the same time.

I wanted to refresh my memory on the Newton/Leibniz story so I could relate the details accurately. So, I had Perplexity get me up to speed.

Using AI as a research assistant is helpful and makes the blog better. It’s like Google on steroids.

Wrap-Up

AI is an incredible new technology. But too often, we’re letting it drain the authenticity and humanity out of our interactions with others.

I get laudatory comments on my LinkedIn posts that were clearly written by a computer. Your inbox is probably flooded with machine written content.

That’s something I’m never going to do here. Dumping machine-written writing on you doesn’t serve your purposes, nor does it serve mine.

Looking forward to telling you about more interesting happenings in tech and business!

What do you think of AI writing? Leave a comment and let us know!

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