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May 03, 2025

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A few weeks ago, I was fitful and fussy about not having a project in the works for the last two, almost three, years. I told my partner about this, and he suggested that I create an AI writing course.

Given that he teaches robotics, it makes sense that he would suggest I create a course about using AI to generate books, but this suggestion immediately turned me off.

While I love playing with AI and using it much like I use Google, I do not want it to write a story for me. The story is in me. I must pour or even sometimes drag it out of me.

For me, no sense of satisfaction comes from generating AI content. I enjoy it the same way I enjoy idle games from time to time, but there is no sense of having done something at the end of using it. You aren’t doing anything, but it’s neat to watch.

All this being said - a writing course about using AI would be helpful, but I’m not the one to teach it. I like teaching people how to write things and do things. I’ve been teaching people how to do things for over 20 years.

Yes, AI is helpful, but the joy comes from doing it for some of us. Those are my people.

So, in a nutshell, that’s why I’m writing about AI-generated text now. I’ve chosen not to capitalize on it, and I feel like I’m leaving money on the table. But I’m also not making myself do something just for the potential money.

I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing: writing with imperfection at a slow pace, doing cool stuff, and telling other people how I did it.


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