Pasta Sauce or AI Slop?
The Problem
I really feel quite lost in the modern internet jungle.
I feel like i am spread too thin, can never really get anything authentic across to people and when i try it feels forced.
The rise of the AI has only made things worse. When i use it to help me write copy for Yoga marketing (I am a yoga teacher) it sounds like me (a little) but mostly just sounds like everyone else, then i look at everyone else and they all sound the same too, we all use it religiously for so many things when what we are actually trying to give people is authenticity.
I am not a stupid guy, i can conjure up creativity and words pretty well when required, i have just gotten lazy i guess.
The Cooking Analogy
When i cook a pasta sauce i take a long time to make it, i stand there and take the time and effort to make that sauce as good as it can be, simmering garlic in oil for way longer than anyone has time for these days, but i do it, because the result is worth it. The taste might be 7% better by taking the extra time but to me it is time well spent.
Why do i not think this way about my work and job? I just feel like the AI Slop (best word i have heard this year) has tricked me into thinking this would be my voice with no effort, that's obviously a trap, thats not really me, that's not authentic.
Cook more, Lazy less
Even when the inevitable time comes that the AI can speak in my voice exactly, whats the point? If i stop being creative and work that linguistic muscle, it will atrophy. I will lose the skill, then what? Game over.
So i think i will treat my creative output a little more like my pasta sauce. Slow, considered, worth it.
/ Cory
P.S - This is my first post on my quest for simplified and personalized online presence. Back to basics, owning my content and hopefully connecting with more people with shared interests.