Should I be using AI tools to help write and edit blog posts, presentations, etc.?
My immediate answer — yes.
I'm an engineer and computer scientist, and while I believe I'm somewhat gifted with the ability to communicate better than most highly technical people, it's still hard. My mood drives my ability to get started, especially when trying to capture thoughts that seem to have a very short lifespan inside my head.
These tools simply help me spit it out.
Get that idea, thought, or narrative captured — saved — before it becomes a forgotten memory, losing detail in the milliseconds following its “lightbulb” moment.
I need these tools to help me communicate effectively and completely — and, as I'm learning, in as few words as possible. Don't lose your audience. I'm not at the caliber of a TED Talk presenter. Maybe one day I'll get there.
But I wonder how many other highly technical people are benefiting — or could benefit — from these tools the same way I am.
I suspect a lot of highly insightful thoughts, new inventions, brilliant ideas, and valuable perspectives never make it fully out of someone's brain, onto paper, and in front of the right audience.
It is hard.
These folks — and I'm one of them — struggle with perfection. If the idea isn't perfect or 100% complete, I can't share it. So much gets discarded, never finished, or simply never shared.
AI is the tool for this.
It's my editor. It's my brainstorming partner. It helps me unlock those short-lived, random periods of thought and creativity — and, more importantly, capture them before they're gone.
AI isn't replacing my creativity.
It's helping me unlock it, capture it, refine it, and — hopefully — turn some of it into ingenuity.