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We tried using AI for our release blog post. It saved 10 mins. Was it worth it?

No. One of our core team members explained why in on our blog.

wagtail.org/blog/ai-saved-me-1

AI saved me 10 minutes on a blog post: Was it worth it? | Wagtail CMS

While AI technically saved me time, it made the work harder and less interesting

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Mario Munoz @pythonbynight@hachyderm.io
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RE: fosstodon.org/@wagtail/1156568

I'm willing to entertain the idea that there are benefits to be had from LLM-assisted engineering--though the arguments from proponents tend to be along the lines of "you're holding it wrong" (i.e., using the wrong tools, models, workflows, prompts, etc...)

But I really enjoyed this post by @vossisbossMeagen Voss that focuses on the process of writing.

Folks who don't enjoy writing might think that the object of documenting something is to transfer meaning from point A to point B (their brain to the reader's brain), and I can see the allure of a shortcut (time-wise) provided by an LLM.

But for those of us who enjoy writing--and particularly enjoy expressing our "voice", along with our own biases, humor, perspective, and overall nuance--LLM-assisted writing is a complete drudge.

It will never be about using better tools, better models, better prompts... No matter how much context you feed into the machine, the extrusion will always converge somewhere between average and dull. Because whatever comes out... it will never be "you".

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