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How I Use LLMs to Write
19 victormustar 10 6/5/2025, 1:04:18 PM fullydoxxed.com ↗
But I feel emotionally conflicted because of how different it is from how I write.
And I have a suspicion that I need to get over it.
This is faster, produces something of value, and has a small chance of catching errors/bias in thinking. It's the same flow I use while writing code.
Writing from scratch now feels like those cooking videos where people make all the ingredients from scratch: rewarding but also maybe a tiny bit self-indulgent.
This feels like the 21st century: You bring the skills, the model brings the words.
I love this. It's exactly how I feel when I read AI-generated content. A little bit sick, not really sure why.
The onus is on the reader to accept an argument; irrespective of source.
Writing, of any sort, can no longer be used as proof of 'written entirely by human'.
Composition skills are no longer a barrier to useful writing. If you have a sense of an idea and try a lot with an LLM, you can arrive at something useful and readable.
Which is a positive.
This article feels like useful insights into how to help myself get into a proper flow state when working with an LLM.
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