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Write the first damn draft youself<br>“I don’t go to gym because I’m unfit”

Paras Chopra<br>Jul 29, 2026

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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again:<br>Using LLMs-written content professionally will spoil your career, especially if you’re in early stages . Everyone worth their salt that I know is hugely aversive to reading slop and despite your smart attempts, they can sense signatures of AI writing (even if they can’t articulate what gave it away).<br>When you delegate writing, you delegate thinking and that delegation takes away from you the very thing you need for your future career advancement: careful thinking.<br>I often hear.. “but my writing is bad”. Well, if you keep on delegating, how will it get better? It’s like complaining that you don’t go to gym because you’re unfit.<br>Write the first damn draft yourself and then take feedback from AI. Do not ask it to rewrite, but rather ask it point errors and suggestions for improvement.<br>Writing using LLMs is analogous to binge watching short videos, or eating junk food. Pleasurable dopamine hits in the short term, but complete dependence in the long term.

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Sunil S<br>3h

Very True!!!!!!

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Pras<br>5h

write with ai, edit without is the new write drunk, edit sober

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