Balancing Authenticity and Automation - My Journey with AI Writing Tools

I really enjoy the ability to use AI to help me improve my writing, correct my grammar, brainstorm ideas, and get unstuck when I'm writing.

There's just one thing I dislike about Ai. When it modifies text to fix grammar, it often adds obscure words that I wouldn't personally use, making it sound too artificial and less natural. It feels disingenuous. I have tried modifying my prompts and I know it's possible to achieve what I want. However, this process often becomes too annoying and repetitive. Therefore, I want to develop a more systematic approach. .

Exploring Complementary AI Solutions

I want to solve this problem by trying different technology. One of the solutions that I'm excited to start trying out is called Jasper. I've just created my account but I haven't started using it yet. It is quite expensive, but one of the main things that attracted me towards it is that it seems to be able to replicate your voice. You can teach it to write in your style.

From what I see on Jasper's website, it appears that I can provide information about my business, what I'm trying to sell, what my offer is, and who I'm trying to reach with the material I write. So, whether I'm attempting to enhance a sales page, craft persuasive social media content, or simply write a blog post. The point is to express ideas as authentically as possible in my own voice.

Authenticity vs Automation

Personally I'm not a big fan of people who make AI write a whole blog post and immediately post it. I not consider that an efficient way to build a personal brand or establish a genuine connection with your audience. Instead, what I want from AI, is a very fast writing assistant. I like to think of it as: I'm the writer, and AI is the very fast and accurate editor. If I'm truly stuck, the AI could do the writing and I could edit. However, there needs to be constant back-and-forth between us, so that my creative input remains as personal as possible.

Meta Update:

I wrote the first draft of this post, and now I have gone through the process of using Jasper (along with other tools) to edit it. To be honest, this time I did most of the work but I did enjoy Jasper as an assistant in correcting and improving my grammar. I'll keep you posted as I develop a better system and get a clearer idea of whether Jasper is a part of the workflow I seek.