The Ultimate Guide to Writing with AI
David Perell. David Perell is a working writer who teaches writing online, and this is his actual workflow — where he asks AI to argue with his draft, where he refuses to let it generate prose for him, and what prompts he keeps coming back to. The sections "How do I actually write with LLMs" and "How I think with LLMs" map directly onto the article's "use AI as an editor, not a ghostwriter" stance. The view count is just under our usual 100k bar; we made the exception because no larger-channel video on this exact topic is anywhere near this thoughtful.
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Use AI as a critical editor for structure, argument and revision without outsourcing your own voice.
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