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As a side-effect of the rise in the use of AI (specifically LLMs), I bet there's been an equal rise in the use of online thesauruses, or searches for synonyms. Because every copywriter, content writer, or just writer worth their salt is now doing everything in their power to avoid typing enhancing, embracing, evolving, realm, landscape, elevate, level-up, unlock, unleash, dynamic, fast-paced, thrive, striving, horizon. Anything but those words, which are now becoming signs of lazy, cliched writing, possibly copied straight from Chat GPT / Gemini / Claude. Someone with a good business brain should find a way to monetise searches for synonyms (yes, we should all have good vocabularies, but sometimes we 'go blank' momentarily).

7 ways to make your copy instantly forgettable. 👇 1. Using too many commas to separate ideas, list items, or clarify meanings can make sentences hard to read, understand, and interpret correctly. 😴 (See what I did there?) 2. Use a lot of cliches and overused phrases like 'burning question', 'tip of the iceberg' and 'meteoric rise'. (Do meteors even rise? 🤔) 3. Passive sentences are used by people unsure of their authority. 4. Use long walls of text with no formatting or spacing. 5. I like to talk about myself and not the reader. 6. Use a lot of technical jargon. 7. Use AI. Don't edit it. What other ways can copy be made totally unmemorable?

🎨 I’m experimenting with quirkiness this week, provoking AI engines to respond more surprisingly, strangely, and creatively. For a new Wonder Tools post, I wrote about pushing AI to be braver and bolder than usual. Ever asked an AI to be strange or radical? It can spark fresh ideas and knock you out of a rut. 💡 I've been playing around with prompts like asking AI to offer "five surprising, radical ways to improve this piece of writing," to "act as an unpredictable, brilliant writing coach with odd approaches," and to "detail novel topic ideas for an outline I've begun that might startle some readers." Sometimes I push even further afield. The responses? Odd, yet surprisingly intriguing and useful for shaking up my thinking. 🖼️ On the visual side, I’ve been experimenting with asking DALL-E 3 and Adobe Firefly to help translate my weirdest ideas into unpredictable, unconventional visuals without needing to master complex AI lingo. Many results aren't usable, but some are intriguing or thought-provoking. 👀 Curious about turning conventional AI interactions on their head? Check out the full rundown for 10 quirky prompt ideas and step-by-step guidance on making them work for you. https://lnkd.in/gjRSq787 #ai

Notice Grammarly'sGrammarly's New Look? What Changed? Opening Grammarly this morning, something caught my eye—the interface had changed! Funny how I spotted it immediately, considering I used the tool just yesterday, and everything looked the same. It's a small change, but it reminded me of how integral tools like Grammarly have become to our daily writing routines. Can you imagine a life without it? Here are a few scenarios: - Manually combing through documents for typos and grammatical errors. - Spending hours rephrasing sentences to strike the right tone. - Second-guessing your word choices in important write-ups. Exhausting! That, fortunately, is the beauty of AI tools - they save us time, money, and lots of stress. The latest Grammarly update isn't just about aesthetics; it reflects how constantly these tools evolve to meet our needs. - Now, you can easily search for a document with a title or keyword. - You can also refer a friend. For me, it is a sign that they listen. It also shows how much Grammarly has transformed how we write, communicate, and even think about language. So, what is your take? Have you noticed the changes to Grammarly's interface? And, more importantly, how would your writing journey look without AI tools?

I'm sorry, guys, but this is going too far. Forgive me for ranting here. I get it that #largelanguagemodels can be helpful for a search or if you want to learn something about a particular topic. I may even agree that it helps to outline an article or even a book. I will scream. If I read one more article or post with the words tapestry, weave, and realm in it and the contents of these articles are generic, add no value, or provide no points of view or a well-narrated argument, it's a waste of time, it just shows laziness and lack of thought. If you want to use AI in your writing, please take the time to properly edit it and add value for your READER. We are not interested in knowing that you used an LLM. Perhaps people should watch the movie Dumb and Dumber or Surrogattes again. The "Rewrite with AI" button at the left bottom corner is staring me in the face as I write this. I'll let you decide if this post is AI-generated or not.

This article from The Markup on the importance of visual literacy is a must-read. With the rise of easy-to-make fakes, it's more important than ever to slow down and decode images with a healthy dose of skepticism. Just as critical thinking is essential for what we read, visual literacy is key to navigate the abundance of visual content we encounter daily. Check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/gFUSNn7c #AI #VisualLiteracy

10 Website that feel illegal to know in 2024 (Part 2) 6.LibGen Access Any Books + Texts across globe 7.MyWhiteboardAI #1 Learning tool & chat with videos 8.Scribble Top powerful tool for Research + Writing 9.Perpexity AI Free AI Powered Real Time Search Engine 10.QuillBot Quillbot rewrite everything as plagiarism-free text.

Paper #1 : HTMLRag is better than plain text based on Retrieval -comparatively less buzz Blog #2 : PlainText llms-txt is better for agents to access and work on web content ( answer ai ,anthrophic ++ more posts)

A.I sucks! Kind of... So, I'm writing copy as I like to do, right? Then I prompt AI to proofread and correct my grammar. The result? It returns some dull, uninspired, half-hearted, lame, shortened copy that screams 'ChatGPT.' Anyway, everyone uses AI nowadays, which makes everything average. The only way to stand out is to think and create for yourself. P.S. AI is great for templates and testing ideas, but for breakthrough results, you're better off taking the old-school, slow, data-driven approach.

"AI Is going to kill one trick ponies like Grammarly." I do most of my content iteration in Grammarly, so when I saw this observation it made me wonder if their days are numbered. I can see the logic - with GenAI popping out complete summaries of meetings in the voice of Shakespeare, what would you need a dedicated tool for? It should go the way of buying an external spell checker - another feature that's been subsumed into the tool you use to create content. But I don't think so - and my reasoning illuminates limitations in LLM-based AIs. Sure, an LLM can write an infinite amount of text - it's the biggest collection of monkeys ever handed keyboards - but it can't reason, and it can't go somewhere it hasn't gone before. When I'm writing, I want an aide to my creative process— help catching my mistakes, suggesting alternatives, and keeping tone and balance. AI has a part in that, but only a part. The whole solution combines basic spell and grammar checking with tailored logic to check the coherence of voice and message. It also needs to be interaction-focused—modifying individual words, not creating entire alternate blocks of content. Grammarly is the result of decades of product refinement, applied in layers to create an effective companion to your creative process. It's not going to be replaced by AI; it's just going to get that much better. #GenAI #ContentCreation