AI Will Replace Bad, Boring Writers — 10 Ways To Become an AI Overlord Instead

Image generated by Midjourney, prompt by author

If you’re a bad, boring writer who only repurposes other people’s ideas and words, ChatGPT will be the death of you because AI is much faster than any of us at regurgitating what’s already been written elsewhere.

But if you’re an original thinker and writer, ChatGPT can be the assistant you could never afford. Here’s how:

1. Writing prompts and idea generation — goodbye forever, writer’s block!

How many times have you stared at a blinking cursor, wondering what to write about?

Say you’re writing a funny essay about parenting teenagers. You’ll joke about trying to get your 14-year-old to wear a winter coat because they’d rather freeze to death than look uncool, but you’ll need more than that. I asked ChatGPT for humorous writing prompts exploring parenting fails with teenagers. The ten resulting prompts included:

• Describe a time you tried to be cool and impress your teenager’s friends, but it ended in disaster.
• Think about a time you accidentally sent an inappropriate text to your teen that was meant for someone else.
• Share about a time when you gave your teenager terrible advice, and it backfired on you.