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giancarlostoroyesterday at 6:18 PM1 replyview on HN

The correct way to use AI for writing is to ask for feedback, not the entire output. This is my personal opinion, English is not my first language, so sometimes I miss what's obvious to a native speaker. I've always used tools that tell me what's wrong with my writing as an opportunity to learn to do better next time. When I finally had Firefox on my computer and it corrected my spelling, it helped me to improve my spelling 100-fold. I still have weird grammar issues with punctuation here and there, and don't ask me where to put a coma (comma?) - that's another one, because I always forget.

I think using AI for writing feedback is fine, but if you're going to have it write for you, don't call it your writing.


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patrakovyesterday at 9:52 PM

There is another correct way. Denote the general topic, ask it to ask you questions that would be needed to write it. Discard the final output, write something yourself based on what it asked.

Example (minus the final review): https://chatgpt.com/share/698e417a-4448-8011-9c29-12c9b91318...

I still think that the final review written by ChatGPT is a bit off. But at least, it asked mostly the right questions.