I really appreciated your reflections on AI in this letter. I’ve had a similar experience - I use it as a thought partner or extra editor, but not as the main source of the work itself.
I’m the creator of Buddha Doodles, and Stoicism has also become a big part of my creative explorations lately. I noticed you mentioned being open to artists - that caught my attention! I’d love to learn more about what you’re imagining for the artwork.
This is an interesting thought in the sense that one of the things that I've started doing is using AI to help me cognitively distance (to use a term I learned from Donald Robertson) when dealing with my ex. I also use it as a way to log her behavior over the long-term. To balance out these thoughts I also reflect on it by hand to gage whether using AI got a response that was favorable. So basically I use it as a thought partner. I've also used it as an editor for my serialized memoir in podcast form that I post here. It doesn't edit my words or anything it mostly gives me suggestions to edit the overall episode. I'd say I take about three to five suggestions out of the twelve or so it gives me. Then I write my response as marginalia there on why I followed it or not. Basically, I treat it like it's my editor and explain why I am keeping what I have the way I have it.
That being said, I am concerned about its impact on the environment and on people's ability to think critically. I teach in the English department at a Big 10 university and it just partnered with Open AI on its edu model, so I'm generally cautiously curious about how it will impact me and the students I teach. I make sure that for whatever I use it for, I spend twice as much time actually writing by hand because that's where the good stuff lives.
I appreciate he honesty of how the Stoa founders use AI. It gives us ideas as to how to use it and puts human creativity at the center. Thank you.
I really appreciated your reflections on AI in this letter. I’ve had a similar experience - I use it as a thought partner or extra editor, but not as the main source of the work itself.
I’m the creator of Buddha Doodles, and Stoicism has also become a big part of my creative explorations lately. I noticed you mentioned being open to artists - that caught my attention! I’d love to learn more about what you’re imagining for the artwork.
Great work with Buddha Doodles. We are open to any ideas w/r/t artwork. I will need to think more about it too and follow up!
This is an interesting thought in the sense that one of the things that I've started doing is using AI to help me cognitively distance (to use a term I learned from Donald Robertson) when dealing with my ex. I also use it as a way to log her behavior over the long-term. To balance out these thoughts I also reflect on it by hand to gage whether using AI got a response that was favorable. So basically I use it as a thought partner. I've also used it as an editor for my serialized memoir in podcast form that I post here. It doesn't edit my words or anything it mostly gives me suggestions to edit the overall episode. I'd say I take about three to five suggestions out of the twelve or so it gives me. Then I write my response as marginalia there on why I followed it or not. Basically, I treat it like it's my editor and explain why I am keeping what I have the way I have it.
That being said, I am concerned about its impact on the environment and on people's ability to think critically. I teach in the English department at a Big 10 university and it just partnered with Open AI on its edu model, so I'm generally cautiously curious about how it will impact me and the students I teach. I make sure that for whatever I use it for, I spend twice as much time actually writing by hand because that's where the good stuff lives.
AI as a critic is the best use, but AI as a writer to think for yourself is a slippery slope.
DOAC has a recent podcast episode on this: “ChatGPT Brain Rot Debate”
Interesting recommendation, thanks.
One question. Is it still possible to access Robertson’s talk? Because of time differences I couldn’t listen to it live.
We're rescheduling!