Thanks again, Steph. You are a true Aquarian. It's inspiring to experience a forward-thinking version of Capricorn through your words. The world needs this so badly. You are the cusp for many of us who struggle to continue to believe, through seemingly endless delays and tribulations, the coming of the new age that, as you constantly remind me, is inevitable. <3
Another Substacker was "highlighting" that most indie authors produce "crap". That was true before AI. My response was that the deciding factor was sales. It doesn't matter if the "quality" doesn't pass a particular author's checklist. I've regularly pointed out that there are AI "written" books on the Top 100 sales chart, so their outrage doesn't matter.
The anti-AI folks have way too many bullies in their group. I refuse to support bullies and hateful people.
I think AI is simply a tool available to us. We can choose to use it to help us in our writing & in our business, or not. I suck at writing marketing copy, but AI doesn’t. It can give me ideas & places to start that I wouldn’t have thought of. Like any collaboration, I choose what I keep, what I expand on, or what I say no to.
The conversation with AI can clear the obstacles my brain puts in the way, because AI doesn’t have that self-censoring, self-doubt we do. I’ve cried over things AI has shown me about my own work because it’s skipped over the doubt & went right to the essence of what I was trying to say.
It’s helping me figure out & understand SEO for the first time so hopefully more people will be able to find my writing. I’d rather use the tools available to me, have a chance of success, and improve my writing, rather than struggle in obscurity.
I think being anti-AI is just showing their fear. Fear of being replaced, fear of losing control, fear of confronting what this technology reflects back about our own creativity.
This isn't new. We’ve seen throughout history that those who fear want to eliminate the thing they fear. But progress has never worked that way. Printing presses, typewriters, word processors—each sparked panic. Yet the story of human expression kept moving forward.
Ignore AI, complain about AI, ban AI: you won’t stop it. You will get left behind.
The real invitation is to ask: how do we adapt, how do we sharpen, how do we use it without letting it use us? Fear silences. Curiosity expands.
Well written and well thought out.
Thanks again, Steph. You are a true Aquarian. It's inspiring to experience a forward-thinking version of Capricorn through your words. The world needs this so badly. You are the cusp for many of us who struggle to continue to believe, through seemingly endless delays and tribulations, the coming of the new age that, as you constantly remind me, is inevitable. <3
On the money, Steph, as always!
Another Substacker was "highlighting" that most indie authors produce "crap". That was true before AI. My response was that the deciding factor was sales. It doesn't matter if the "quality" doesn't pass a particular author's checklist. I've regularly pointed out that there are AI "written" books on the Top 100 sales chart, so their outrage doesn't matter.
The anti-AI folks have way too many bullies in their group. I refuse to support bullies and hateful people.
amen
I think AI is simply a tool available to us. We can choose to use it to help us in our writing & in our business, or not. I suck at writing marketing copy, but AI doesn’t. It can give me ideas & places to start that I wouldn’t have thought of. Like any collaboration, I choose what I keep, what I expand on, or what I say no to.
The conversation with AI can clear the obstacles my brain puts in the way, because AI doesn’t have that self-censoring, self-doubt we do. I’ve cried over things AI has shown me about my own work because it’s skipped over the doubt & went right to the essence of what I was trying to say.
It’s helping me figure out & understand SEO for the first time so hopefully more people will be able to find my writing. I’d rather use the tools available to me, have a chance of success, and improve my writing, rather than struggle in obscurity.
Fantastic post and too true.
I think being anti-AI is just showing their fear. Fear of being replaced, fear of losing control, fear of confronting what this technology reflects back about our own creativity.
This isn't new. We’ve seen throughout history that those who fear want to eliminate the thing they fear. But progress has never worked that way. Printing presses, typewriters, word processors—each sparked panic. Yet the story of human expression kept moving forward.
Ignore AI, complain about AI, ban AI: you won’t stop it. You will get left behind.
The real invitation is to ask: how do we adapt, how do we sharpen, how do we use it without letting it use us? Fear silences. Curiosity expands.
Love love love your podcast also xoxo
Well said! 👏🏽