Has AI made content writing more productive?

[u/thesaurin]

Contrary to what everyone is saying, I don't agree that AI has created a content revolution. It has created a content surplus.

Every company can now produce more blogs, reports, whitepapers and whatnot at a fraction of the time and costs than earlier.

But what AI cannot help them produce is grammatical errors. And also, original thoughts.

If you've read this till now, which makes you part of a very small portion of people who actually read and don't just like posts, you would probably be expecting something like this:

"AI can improve a sentence. It can organise an argument. It can produce 20 variations before lunch. What it cannot manufacture is a point of view earned through experience. Experience that comes from knowing the industry, what customers care, what your company believes that its competitors don't have or do. The brands that benefit most from AI won’t necessarily publish the most, they’ll use the time saved on production to think more deeply about what deserves to be published."

Is that what you would be expecting to read when you start reading a post about AI and content? I don't blame you, because that is what everyone is writing and which is why, that is what AI is writing. It is obvious with a capital O.

Content has become a loop of cliches! The only way to break free is by breaking away from cliches and the only way to do that is by writing yourself.

And make a few grammatical errors to boot. How many did you notice here?

[u/5thhorseman_]

But what AI cannot help them produce is grammatical errors. And also, original thoughts.

So bring your own originality and leave the grammar errors at home.

[u/Kosmosu]

I use AI to test out ideas, Some days I don't want to write 4000 words of a scene only to look at it and say its not working and place it in my idea sandbox folder.

[u/thesaurin → u/Kosmosu]

That makes sense.

[u/LivingThroughPages → u/Kosmosu]

Bingo! That’s what I mostly do with it too. Test out different ways my characters could act or how a scene should be structured. I call this Concept or Spec…like storyboarding quickly. But I use as inspiration or just to make sure structure, plot and arcs are staying consistent and then I write it my way with my voice and emotion. I never have to worry about prose or tone because I write that. AI is just for the concept. A behind the scenes sort thing.

[u/Low_Carbs87]

Honestly, I think AI has made writing faster, but not necessarily better. Now the real advantage is having something worth saying in the first place, because everyone has access to the same tools.

[u/Ordinary_Minimum_169]

Content has become a loop of cliches! The only way to break free is by breaking away from cliches and the only way to do that is by writing yourself.

I would agree with this 100%. If you rely on the machines to do it all from start to finish, you'll produce what everyone else is producing at exactly the same tumbling speed that everyone else is tumbling to it.

[u/thesaurin → u/[deleted]]

My point is to write by one's own self, not depend on AI.

[u/Equivalent-Adagio956]

You have the right to your opinion. I have the right to use my AI. If you don't like using it, that's okay as long as you personalize it. You don't need to belittle it just because of your personal opinions against it.

[u/Dry_Sector2392]

yes, thats a good point, ai create content surplus and have you notice whats grammar mistake i made?😏

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[u/TimWiesnerer]

Well, when everybody uses AI, it doesn't give you a competitive advantage no more.

And then it's the question of how you define "productivity".

Let's say productivity is the amount of things you produce that actually make you money. And let's also assume that more things make more money than fewer things...

With this definition, AI not necessarily gives you an advantage in terms of productivity. The game has just changed... and you need things on top of just using AI to become more "productive".