I would be one of the first people to say “I love ChatGPT” and all the other AI apps that can help us improve what we do and be more efficient.
What I don’t love is how little attention people pay to removing the tell-tale signs that you’ve used ChatGPT or Co-Pilot or other.
Here’s what I mean – I received an email this week that was very nicely written.
It brought a smile to my face as I read the words, until I got to the end.
There was a line underneath the last paragraph and words along the lines of “If you like, I can add more emotion to make it sound more appealing?”
I’d been “chatted”.
The moment I read those AI words I felt disappointed. I wasn’t special after-all.
If you’re going to use AI and I do encourage it, please pay attention to the detail.
Just one little slip like that can cost you your credibility.
And here’s a little tip, you can actually request ChatGPT to remove the lines between sections of text so you can format it however you wish.
It’s the little things that make a big difference.
I’m curious, would you have noticed?
If you did, would you have reacted or just ignored it?
I might be a little sensitive because one of my goals is to be known for my writing.
When I visualise my future, I see myself being quoted at the beginning of chapters like other well-known writers.
You know the ones, the ones that are quoted, like this one in Rhonda Byrne’s book, “The Magic” at the start of Day 6:
“If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill – take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.” TOM ROBBINS (B.1936) WRITER.
What is it that you want?
What are you willing to push as far as it will go?
Reply and let me know. You know I’m in your corner.
And if you get AI to reply, please remove the tell-tale signs.
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