Tag: AI
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As a writer, AI has now given me access to services that were too expensive before
Creating covers for ebooks, editing books, building apps … It used to cost thousands to do this, but AI is making these services affordable. For creatives (those who do this as a hobby or for work), this opens up a so many exciting possibilities.
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A day in a life of the AI-assisted technical content writer
How a working day could look like for the AI-assisted content strategist and writer in an enterprise.
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Excited and exhausted: My honest take about life as a techwriter in the AI age
It’s the best of times, the worst of times. On the one hand, AI has accelerated my workflows and enabled me to create more content than before. On the other hand, I’m overwhelmed and burned out trying to keep up with how quickly the tech is changing and developing.
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Pangram in Substack? I’m so excited for the AI witch hunts
Pangram could spark an AI witch hunt, and increase bullying and harassment on Substack.
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July 2026: Lestat, OpenCode and the art of resting
Reflecting on my medical leave and how I’m catching up on dramas, learning how to use OpenCode, and catching up with personal writing projects despite my body’s demands that I do nothing.
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Why the global south is grateful for Deepseek
DeepSeek made AI technology accessible to the Global South. This gave them the tools to compete and develop.
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Writing with AI isn’t always generating entire novels with a prompt
I’m often frustrated by the writing community’s misconceptions about AI in writing. I wish more writers were more open to AI’s potential in writing and stop crucifying those who dare to say they use AI.
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Why I use Mistral as my personal paid AI service
Claude is the “cool kid” of the retail AI services world. However, thanks to its snobbish attitude to some geographical locations, token limitations, and corporate ethos I ended up in the arms of Mistral. Why I use Mistral and why it honestly doesn’t matter how great the model is as long as it serves your…
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Linkblog Feb 26, 2026: The Chinese issue
China’s attitudes towards AI, and how China, Chinese culture continues to fascinate.
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Does AI help you work faster or is it just hype?
Whether AI makes you more productive really depends on whether you know what the heck you’re doing.
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Conversations about AI are different in Asia
In Asia, the real conversations and developments around AI are focused on practical applications for industry. They are quiet, hardly talked about and are not trendy.
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Guide to writing fiction with AI
A guide to how I’m writing fiction with AI. It lists all my reflections, essays and more about this experiment.
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Digital decluttering: Marie Kondo-ing the content I consume
When you look at your social media and blog feeds, ask yourself: Does it spark joy? In this post I discuss my plan to aggressively implement digital minimalism to my blog and newsletter feeds. As much as I want to support all the writers I see online, I have to concede that my bluetooth-sized brain…
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What my AI fiction writing experiment taught me about my creative process
The experiment illuminated what gave me joy … and what didn’t.
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What if using AI to write fiction isn’t an evil act?
My quest for more nuanced discussions about the use of AI in fiction writing.
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The cognitive debt of using AI to write essays
The way you use AI to write essays could change your brain. Simply put: It could make you more stupid.
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Monday Notes: AI
Originally posted on K E Garland: Recently, I used Lensa to generate some artificial intelligence (AI) photos. I’d seen a couple of celebrities do it and thought why not? So, I uploaded 15 photos, and two hours later these appeared. They’re beautiful, right? I was amazed. It was mystifying to see how the app captured…
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Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.
Some interesting quotes from the article: “The current way we do AI puts a lot of burden on the designers to understand what the consequences of the incentives they give their systems are,” said Hadfield-Menell. “And one of the things we’re learning is that a lot of engineers have made mistakes.” A major aspect of…
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ChatGPT and tech writers
Are tech writers going to lose their jobs? How can they adapt? https://passo.uno/openai-tech-writing-howto/
Elizabeth Tai 