you can't tell if chatgpt wrote this

Below is something I posted on LinkedIn earlier today.

I love writing. I think it’s a fundamental skill. So hearing “AI is going to eat writing” makes me sad.

That said - I think there will always be an audience for writing that was pulled kicking and screaming from an author’s brain. I personally do not want to read anything written by AI. If I find out an author or content creator is just a proxy for ChattyG, I won’t read their work anymore.

Hopefully I’m not the only one.

Anyways, here’s the post:

You can’t tell if chatgpt wrote this. You might think you can, but you can’t.

I promise it didn’t… but if you think it did, there’s really no way I can convince you otherwise.

I still think you should learn how to write well for a bunch of reasons:

1. It forces you to develop robust opinions
2. It helps you reinforce the things you learn
3. It gives you practice simplifying and refining ideas

But writing as a public-facing activity is getting… weird. Authenticity can be automated now. You can prompt sincerity.

Here’s the thing though - you cannot be automated. Writing is one pillar of your public profile. Your relationships are another. Your track record is another.

When you combine your values, experiences, philosophy, and skills into your relationships, work, and your writing, you become something unique.

Standing out is hard. It takes strategic thinking and hard self-reflection… writing helps!

But standing out is the only way to survive the next 5 years. Anonymity will be a career-ender.

Disagree? I want to be wrong, so I’d love to hear your thoughts.

My point is that writing is the best way to refine your story. The more you write - especially for an audience - the more you need to reflect on yourself. Even if people think you’re just prompting an AI… it’s worth the exercise!

Agree? Disagree? Not sure? Reply and let me know.

Otherwise, see you Friday.

— Clark