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Carrie-Ann Biondi's avatar

I never use AI for research or for writing in any way and do not anticipate ever doing so, for all the reasons you discuss and then some. I cherish my own cognitive development and my carefully honed judgment and evaluative abilities as well as my choice to constantly work on honing my thinking and writing skills. For goodness sake, I refuse to use spellcheck or grammarcheck, both of which have flaws. I do my own editing and proofreading based on my knowledge (which I also work hard to refine), so any remaining errors of style, punctuation, and grammar are entirely my own. Using AI would only rob me of all that. Perhaps I should state on my newsletter that *that* is my policy: no AI at all.

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Elizabeth H. Cottrell's avatar

I’m among those who use AI as a tool…best described as a brainstorming partner (because I am a solopreneur and other wise have no one to bounce ideas around with) to ensure I haven’t overlooked anything and to suggest other angles or way to improve something I’ve written myself. I have been frustrated with ChatGPT too and am preferring Perplexity.ai because it provides citations for everything. I appreciate your insight and you’ve made a great case for having an AI policy.

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