How To Write With An LLM
Rule Number One: You may not use a single word an LLM suggests to you.
[...] I think that as a form of intellectual personal protective equipment you should adopt the rule that any specific turn of phrase an LLM suggests is off limits. Be strict about the rule!
I won't let LLMs write content for my blog, but I use them for fact-checking, spelling and grammar and as an occasional thesaurus (see my proofreading prompt).
The rule to never use a turn of phrase suggested by an LLM feels good to me. The text has that weird smell to it, and it's also a good principle to help stay disciplined.
Later in this piece Thomas shows a screenshot of his personal LLM copyediting tool (see also this Twitter thread), and provides a prompt to help kickstart building your own.
Tags: thomas-ptacek, writing, ai, generative-ai, llms
