Alex Johnson(@AlexH_Johnson):This is how I feel. Research, writing, and editing. No one is great at all three. No one enjoys all three. Use AI (or any other tool!) to help you with the parts of the process that you struggle with. But!!! - Take time, occasionally, to practice the parts you struggle with (especially writing). It’s very good for your brain. - Do not ever publish anything that is bland, boring, or slipshod. Slop existed long before AI, but it is becoming an epidemic now. Do not add more into the universe.

2026.08.25 14:03

This is how I feel. Research, writing, and editing. No one is great at all three. No one enjoys all three. Use AI (or any other tool!) to help you with the parts of the process that you struggle with. But!!! - Take time, occasionally, to practice the parts you struggle with (especially writing). It’s very good for your brain. - Do not ever publish anything that is bland, boring, or slipshod. Slop existed long before AI, but it is becoming an epidemic now. Do not add more into the universe.

James Wester@jameswester

2026.08.25 13:44

Folks, I don't really care that much if you use AI to write. I know a lot of people who struggle to write. Writing is hard. If AI gets you started, then use it. But for heaven's sake, read what you've written. And have an editor. (Wester's Rule No. 3.) That's all I'm saying.