it is what it is

I got my soul stolen from ChatGPT As a writer, I have a love-hate relationship with Chatgpt. The reason why I even got into this field is because I enjoy the process of writing and how cathartic is felt to just completely immerse myself into it - just completely be in flow of world building and creating everything from scratch. But when Chatgpt initiallly came into existence, I went through all that any writer would feel - Imposter syndrome. Was it the end? Will I be replaced? But I eventually got over it. Chatgpt is now my co-pilot, my assitant, my partner in crime. But this partner slowly started stealing. My own words. I am not talking about how it steals data. But how I unconsciously started imitating chatgpt. To my slow but dreadful realization - I had become chatgpt. Now im sure you are confused but, I started writing like Chatgpt - not in a good way. Chatgpt’s vocabulary crept into mine; I started using semi-colons, and words like elevate, delve, utilize, ensure, enhance, streamline, leverage. I started asking chatgpt for reassurance on my writing “Is it good” “Can you make it better” “Re-write it” And the worst part is when you stop sounding like yourself. Almost as if, a puppeteer is taking control. And my biggest ick would be slowly moving towards a world where everyone sounds the same, writes the same and has the same opinions. Well it is not just chatgpt, there is claude and other AI that will come into existence soon and send us, writers, on a spiral again. But what we all need to realise is that, there is no machine that equate to human experience and expression. Because Chatgpt cannot be what we are - unpredictable, funny, weird, awkward, imperfect. So no matter how much chatgpt says “This sounds great but I have tweaked this accordingly” or “This is almost perfect, but this is the refined version”, remember to stick to your intuition. Because good writing doesn’t always need approval from Chatgpt.

Again, not that deep lol. Wouldn’t dare to do anything out of line. But you know, I was just thinking about it.

To those all those who come up with insanely cool one-liners on tumblr, I highly highly recommend applying for a job as a copywriter. Don't just gatekeep your lovely words to this app. Get paid to say the same shit some of yall be saying here.