Outsourcing your humanity with ChatGPT
Use ChatGPT to close more leads!
Use ChatGPT to write more blog posts!
Umm, no.
Here are some clickbait headlines that, if you see them, you should immediately stop following the source:
- How ChatGPT can win over the girl (or boy) of your dreams.
- Write your next term paper in minutes with ChatGPT.
- Can ChatGPT write and place your next op-ed.
- Killing on stage with ChatGPT-generated comedy.
- Write ad copy faster than ever before with ChatGPT.
- Ghostwriting your next book with ChatGPT.
- How to script your next podcast with ChatGPT.
- Let ChatGPT respond for you on Instagram.
- How ChatGPT can 10x your art production on Etsy.
- Win your next election with a speech from ChatGPT.
Creating makes us human
ChatGPT and similar tools are good helpers. They can read and summarize vast amounts of information.
ChatGPT is good for solving grammatical and organizational problems in content creation. It also generates a virtually unlimited number of ideas (some good, some awful), if you prompt it correctly.
But in a situation where you, a human, are trying to connect with another human, it’s a poor substitute. If you are doing a human-to-human job, you should be creating the connection with your own imperfect but sincere humanity.
This includes marketing copy.
It includes term papers.
It includes books of all kinds, including nonfiction and how-to books.
It includes political speeches and standup comedy.
And of course, it includes professions of love.
No matter how good the tools get, never outsource your humanity.