After Planning Two Books with ChatGPT, He No Longer Feels the Need to Write Them
tinyfool · x · 2026-09-11
Blogger tinyfool shares that after discussing writing plans for two books with ChatGPT and receiving its praise, he feels writing them may no longer matter — the greatest joy of writing a book is arriving at a new historical interpretation, and that thinking was already done in conversation with the AI. A personal reflection on how AI changes creative motivation.
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