When AI writes for you: the idea is yours, but the words feel foreign
shinichii_logos · reddit · 2026-09-08
The author reflects on writing with AI: the core of the idea is undeniably theirs, yet the language smoothed out by AI doesn't feel like their own words — like looking at themselves born of another mother.
The more we use AI to generate text, the more the communicator's own vocabulary and ability to shape words matters — a quiet, unglamorous, sometimes tedious task we still have to do ourselves, right beside this convenient tool.
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