AI Slop Is Costing You Hours. Here's How To Stop Sending It.

Do you know how much time you have Do you know how much time you have personally wasted on someone else's AI personally wasted on someone else's AI personally wasted on someone else's AI slop? I I have been trying to count the slop? I I have been trying to count the slop? I I have been trying to count the hours for this video and I am running hours for this video and I am running hours for this video and I am running out of hours to count. And I don't say out of hours to count. And I don't say out of hours to count. And I don't say that because I don't have a radar for that because I don't have a radar for that because I don't have a radar for it, but look at X, look at LinkedIn, it, but look at X, look at LinkedIn, it, but look at X, look at LinkedIn, look at so many places out there where look at so many places out there where look at so many places out there where we are wrestling with other people's we are wrestling with other people's we are wrestling with other people's slop. And yes, I'm going to include slop. And yes, I'm going to include slop. And yes, I'm going to include work, too. Look at work. Look at the work, too. Look at work. Look at the work, too. Look at work. Look at the last document you got at work. Is it last document you got at work. Is it last document you got at work. Is it slop? Is it just someone else's idea of slop? Is it just someone else's idea of slop? Is it just someone else's idea of what AI is trying to tell you about some what AI is trying to tell you about some what AI is trying to tell you about some problem that you assigned back? It It's problem that you assigned back? It It's problem that you assigned back? It It's completely confusing. It is countless completely confusing. It is countless completely confusing. It is countless hours. I I and I'm gonna say countless hours. I I and I'm gonna say countless hours. I I and I'm gonna say countless because I lost count at 100 when I was because I lost count at 100 when I was because I lost count at 100 when I was going back through this. It is too many going back through this. It is too many going back through this. It is too many hours, especially when you factor in the hours, especially when you factor in the hours, especially when you factor in the distraction cost of all of this AI slop distraction cost of all of this AI slop distraction cost of all of this AI slop where it actually confuses your where it actually confuses your where it actually confuses your thinking. It makes it muddier. It thinking. It makes it muddier. It thinking. It makes it muddier. It doesn't add clarity. It doesn't move the doesn't add clarity. It doesn't move the doesn't add clarity. It doesn't move the process of knowledge work toward process of knowledge work toward process of knowledge work toward clarity. It is toxic to our internet clarity. It is toxic to our internet clarity. It is toxic to our internet environment. It's toxic to you. is toxic environment. It's toxic to you. is toxic environment. It's toxic to you. is toxic to me. You need if you are putting out to me. You need if you are putting out to me. You need if you are putting out tokens to respect other people's time, tokens to respect other people's time, tokens to respect other people's time, to respect other people's tokens. And to respect other people's tokens. And to respect other people's tokens. And that's what I expect and that's what I that's what I expect and that's what I that's what I expect and that's what I want to set out in this video. In this want to set out in this video. In this want to set out in this video. In this video, I'm going to talk about the pain video, I'm going to talk about the pain video, I'm going to talk about the pain that we're going through, how we're all that we're going through, how we're all that we're going through, how we're all feeling this, and you've probably felt feeling this, and you've probably felt feeling this, and you've probably felt it too. I'm going to talk through in a it too. I'm going to talk through in a it too. I'm going to talk through in a way I haven't before how I think about way I haven't before how I think about way I haven't before how I think about authorship. Why authorship matters in authorship. Why authorship matters in authorship. Why authorship matters in the age of AI. Why you need to wrestle the age of AI. Why you need to wrestle the age of AI. Why you need to wrestle with what you are writing not just with what you are writing not just with what you are writing not just because it's good for you but because because it's good for you but because because it's good for you but because it's actually good for the process of it's actually good for the process of it's actually good for the process of writing and clarity and communication.

writing and clarity and communication. writing and clarity and communication. And I'm going to give you a secret. I'm And I'm going to give you a secret. I'm And I'm going to give you a secret. I'm going to explain why that process itself going to explain why that process itself going to explain why that process itself is not something that AI is good at. is not something that AI is good at. is not something that AI is good at. what is the technical issue with AI that what is the technical issue with AI that what is the technical issue with AI that means it doesn't do that well. That means it doesn't do that well. That means it doesn't do that well. That leads into why we have AI slop and also leads into why we have AI slop and also leads into why we have AI slop and also why that means we we humans are the ones why that means we we humans are the ones why that means we we humans are the ones that need to lead the way on authorship that need to lead the way on authorship that need to lead the way on authorship which I think is actually really which I think is actually really which I think is actually really exciting and empowering. And then I'm exciting and empowering. And then I'm exciting and empowering. And then I'm not going to leave you at that. I'm not going to leave you at that. I'm not going to leave you at that. I'm going to give you not just another going to give you not just another going to give you not just another generic anti-AI slop skill. There's a generic anti-AI slop skill. There's a generic anti-AI slop skill. There's a lot of them out there that are actually lot of them out there that are actually lot of them out there that are actually quite good. I want to give you a special quite good. I want to give you a special quite good. I want to give you a special custom skill just for you. Everyone who custom skill just for you. Everyone who custom skill just for you. Everyone who uses the skill comes out with something uses the skill comes out with something uses the skill comes out with something different. It is a voice discovery different. It is a voice discovery different. It is a voice discovery skill. I I don't want a thousand people skill. I I don't want a thousand people skill. I I don't want a thousand people or a million people who sound like me. I or a million people who sound like me. I or a million people who sound like me. I want the internet to hear your voice. want the internet to hear your voice. want the internet to hear your voice. And so I want that skill to help you And so I want that skill to help you And so I want that skill to help you discover your unique voice and put it discover your unique voice and put it discover your unique voice and put it out there so we start to kill slop one out there so we start to kill slop one out there so we start to kill slop one voice at a time. So that's what we're voice at a time. So that's what we're voice at a time. So that's what we're going to get into today. I can't wait. going to get into today. I can't wait. going to get into today. I can't wait. Let's jump in. If you didn't read it, Let's jump in. If you didn't read it, Let's jump in. If you didn't read it, don't send it to me. Actually, I want to don't send it to me. Actually, I want to don't send it to me. Actually, I want to go a step further than that. If you go a step further than that. If you go a step further than that. If you don't mean it, don't send it to me.

don't mean it, don't send it to me. don't mean it, don't send it to me. Because it's exhausting to fight the AI. Because it's exhausting to fight the AI. Because it's exhausting to fight the AI. It's exhausting to fight for your voice It's exhausting to fight for your voice It's exhausting to fight for your voice with AI. It's exhausting to wrestle with with AI. It's exhausting to wrestle with with AI. It's exhausting to wrestle with a problem that we all didn't even have a problem that we all didn't even have a problem that we all didn't even have to deal with before. Like, sure, before to deal with before. Like, sure, before to deal with before. Like, sure, before we had the blank page, but now we have we had the blank page, but now we have we had the blank page, but now we have what's arguably worse, acres and acres what's arguably worse, acres and acres what's arguably worse, acres and acres and acres of pages that maybe nobody has and acres of pages that maybe nobody has and acres of pages that maybe nobody has read that someone's expecting us to pay read that someone's expecting us to pay read that someone's expecting us to pay attention to. It's not reasonable. It's attention to. It's not reasonable. It's attention to. It's not reasonable. It's not human. It's profoundly agentic. And not human. It's profoundly agentic. And not human. It's profoundly agentic. And it's not useful. It's not a part of the it's not useful. It's not a part of the it's not useful. It's not a part of the future I want to join. And so I decided future I want to join. And so I decided future I want to join. And so I decided to put together a proauthorship skill. I to put together a proauthorship skill. I to put together a proauthorship skill. I want something that brings authorship want something that brings authorship want something that brings authorship back to the internet, that brings back to the internet, that brings back to the internet, that brings authorship back to what we all want to authorship back to what we all want to authorship back to what we all want to create together without compromising our create together without compromising our create together without compromising our ability to work with AI tools. Because I ability to work with AI tools. Because I ability to work with AI tools. Because I do love how fast they run. And what's do love how fast they run. And what's do love how fast they run. And what's really important to understand is that really important to understand is that really important to understand is that slop doesn't make the work disappear. slop doesn't make the work disappear. slop doesn't make the work disappear. Slop actually just pushes the work down Slop actually just pushes the work down Slop actually just pushes the work down the stream. How many hours have you the stream. How many hours have you the stream. How many hours have you wasted trying to understand what someone wasted trying to understand what someone wasted trying to understand what someone else spent 30 seconds sticking into Chad else spent 30 seconds sticking into Chad else spent 30 seconds sticking into Chad GPT or Claude and just said it's good GPT or Claude and just said it's good GPT or Claude and just said it's good enough. They got the speed and you got enough. They got the speed and you got enough. They got the speed and you got the bill, right? You got the bill to the bill, right? You got the bill to the bill, right? You got the bill to actually check it. And so when we read actually check it. And so when we read actually check it. And so when we read this stuff with our own eyes, when we this stuff with our own eyes, when we this stuff with our own eyes, when we ask for revisions, when we wait another ask for revisions, when we wait another ask for revisions, when we wait another round, that is something that I want us round, that is something that I want us round, that is something that I want us to keep doing. We want to keep revising to keep doing. We want to keep revising to keep doing. We want to keep revising and wrestling. We don't want the person and wrestling. We don't want the person and wrestling. We don't want the person who receives this to be the first person

who receives this to be the first person who receives this to be the first person who reads it because frankly, an who reads it because frankly, an who reads it because frankly, an unchecked paragraph is much worse than unchecked paragraph is much worse than unchecked paragraph is much worse than just a potential hallucination waiting just a potential hallucination waiting just a potential hallucination waiting to happen. It's worse than a to happen. It's worse than a to happen. It's worse than a reputational risk. An unchecked reputational risk. An unchecked reputational risk. An unchecked paragraph that you send down the road is paragraph that you send down the road is paragraph that you send down the road is a way of polluting the internet. It's a a way of polluting the internet. It's a a way of polluting the internet. It's a way of kicking the can down the road and way of kicking the can down the road and way of kicking the can down the road and saying, "I don't care enough about this saying, "I don't care enough about this saying, "I don't care enough about this to actually respect your time." But you, to actually respect your time." But you, to actually respect your time." But you, you reader, have to respect my time. you reader, have to respect my time. you reader, have to respect my time. That's not how it works. Now, why does That's not how it works. Now, why does That's not how it works. Now, why does an authorship skill matter? Why should an authorship skill matter? Why should an authorship skill matter? Why should you care for your career? If you have an you care for your career? If you have an you care for your career? If you have an authorship skill, I I'll be really authorship skill, I I'll be really authorship skill, I I'll be really honest. You should care because you're honest. You should care because you're honest. You should care because you're going to get read. You're going to get going to get read. You're going to get going to get read. You're going to get the most precious thing out there, which the most precious thing out there, which the most precious thing out there, which is human attention. The agents, they may is human attention. The agents, they may is human attention. The agents, they may read anything. They may may read you no read anything. They may may read you no read anything. They may may read you no matter what. But this the only thing matter what. But this the only thing matter what. But this the only thing right now but the only thing right now right now but the only thing right now right now but the only thing right now that is not changing is human attention. that is not changing is human attention. that is not changing is human attention. There's only so much of it in the world There's only so much of it in the world There's only so much of it in the world and right now we're polluting a lot of and right now we're polluting a lot of and right now we're polluting a lot of that human attention with bad tokens that human attention with bad tokens that human attention with bad tokens with slop tokens. If you learn to use an with slop tokens. If you learn to use an with slop tokens. If you learn to use an AI authorship skill so your voice is AI authorship skill so your voice is AI authorship skill so your voice is distinctive you are going to earn human distinctive you are going to earn human distinctive you are going to earn human attention the most valuable commodity in attention the most valuable commodity in attention the most valuable commodity in the world. And that means you're going the world. And that means you're going the world. And that means you're going to have a chance to make your story to have a chance to make your story to have a chance to make your story count. Whether you're at work, whether count. Whether you're at work, whether count. Whether you're at work, whether you're in interviews, whether you're you're in interviews, whether you're you're in interviews, whether you're prepping for a conversation, whatever it prepping for a conversation, whatever it prepping for a conversation, whatever it is, we all are using AI for these kinds is, we all are using AI for these kinds is, we all are using AI for these kinds of processes. And we need something that of processes. And we need something that of processes. And we need something that leads us to not just generic AI leads us to not just generic AI leads us to not just generic AI responses. And you can tell it if you're responses. And you can tell it if you're responses. And you can tell it if you're in an interview. You can tell it if in an interview. You can tell it if in an interview. You can tell it if you're writing reading a doc that you're writing reading a doc that you're writing reading a doc that someone wrote. You can tell it if you're someone wrote. You can tell it if you're someone wrote. You can tell it if you're reading a website that someone didn't

reading a website that someone didn't reading a website that someone didn't put time into to make distinctive. all put time into to make distinctive. all put time into to make distinctive. all of these little ways. Tell someone who of these little ways. Tell someone who of these little ways. Tell someone who is paying human attention to you whether is paying human attention to you whether is paying human attention to you whether you are worth paying human attention to you are worth paying human attention to you are worth paying human attention to again. Be the person who's worth paying again. Be the person who's worth paying again. Be the person who's worth paying attention to again. That's what this attention to again. That's what this attention to again. That's what this skill is for. I did dozens of drafts skill is for. I did dozens of drafts skill is for. I did dozens of drafts before AI. And I've talked very publicly before AI. And I've talked very publicly before AI. And I've talked very publicly about that. This is what we would do about that. This is what we would do about that. This is what we would do when we were writing PR FAQs at Amazon. when we were writing PR FAQs at Amazon. when we were writing PR FAQs at Amazon. I do dozens of drafts after AI. The only I do dozens of drafts after AI. The only I do dozens of drafts after AI. The only difference is that AI makes every pass difference is that AI makes every pass difference is that AI makes every pass faster and I can focus on what I care faster and I can focus on what I care faster and I can focus on what I care about in a particular draft iteration about in a particular draft iteration about in a particular draft iteration until I like what I get. And so we talk until I like what I get. And so we talk until I like what I get. And so we talk about slop as this universally trashy about slop as this universally trashy about slop as this universally trashy thing like the same sentence rhythms, thing like the same sentence rhythms, thing like the same sentence rhythms, the same headings, the same dramatic the same headings, the same dramatic the same headings, the same dramatic contrast, the same look in every image contrast, the same look in every image contrast, the same look in every image and website. Those patterns are real, and website. Those patterns are real, and website. Those patterns are real, but they're just the visible result of a but they're just the visible result of a but they're just the visible result of a deeper issue. Fundamentally, AI models deeper issue. Fundamentally, AI models deeper issue. Fundamentally, AI models climb the same hill over and over again. climb the same hill over and over again. climb the same hill over and over again. And I use hill climbing on purpose And I use hill climbing on purpose And I use hill climbing on purpose because these systems have been trained because these systems have been trained because these systems have been trained and corrected toward answers that people and corrected toward answers that people and corrected toward answers that people broadly reward and find successful. Uh broadly reward and find successful. Uh broadly reward and find successful. Uh clear, confident, complete, clear, confident, complete, clear, confident, complete, professional, etc. And that's that's professional, etc. And that's that's professional, etc. And that's that's useful for a lot of jobs. It's useful for a lot of jobs. It's useful for a lot of jobs. It's especially useful if the kind of especially useful if the kind of especially useful if the kind of language you're you're going for helps language you're you're going for helps language you're you're going for helps you get coding jobs done. But it's a you get coding jobs done. But it's a you get coding jobs done. But it's a terrible model for authorship because terrible model for authorship because terrible model for authorship because authorship doesn't have one correct authorship doesn't have one correct authorship doesn't have one correct answer. If everyone points the model answer. If everyone points the model answer. If everyone points the model toward the same general idea of good toward the same general idea of good toward the same general idea of good that works for coding, it keeps meeting that works for coding, it keeps meeting that works for coding, it keeps meeting us at the same sort of trough in

us at the same sort of trough in us at the same sort of trough in authorship. And that's why we get the authorship. And that's why we get the authorship. And that's why we get the same words. That's why we get the same same words. That's why we get the same same words. That's why we get the same if x not y and all of these things that if x not y and all of these things that if x not y and all of these things that annoy us about AI writing. In a sense, annoy us about AI writing. In a sense, annoy us about AI writing. In a sense, we have to nudge pretty hard to get AI we have to nudge pretty hard to get AI we have to nudge pretty hard to get AI to listen to our voices through all of to listen to our voices through all of to listen to our voices through all of the training that artificial the training that artificial the training that artificial intelligence systems have received that intelligence systems have received that intelligence systems have received that make them trend toward that AI slap that make them trend toward that AI slap that make them trend toward that AI slap that we hate so much. And that's ultimately we hate so much. And that's ultimately we hate so much. And that's ultimately why so much AI output can feel why so much AI output can feel why so much AI output can feel technically fine and still feel like technically fine and still feel like technically fine and still feel like nobody really made it, right? The pros nobody really made it, right? The pros nobody really made it, right? The pros can look really finished and polished can look really finished and polished can look really finished and polished and the next person is going to end up and the next person is going to end up and the next person is going to end up treating that draft like an answer if treating that draft like an answer if treating that draft like an answer if they're not careful or they're going to they're not careful or they're going to they're not careful or they're going to treat it with suspicion if they are treat it with suspicion if they are treat it with suspicion if they are careful. And both of those are careful. And both of those are careful. And both of those are dangerous. And a lot of us are being dangerous. And a lot of us are being dangerous. And a lot of us are being told we can fight slot by installing told we can fight slot by installing told we can fight slot by installing this skill or that skill. And some of this skill or that skill. And some of this skill or that skill. And some of those skills are actually really good. those skills are actually really good. those skills are actually really good. I've installed a bunch of them for the I've installed a bunch of them for the I've installed a bunch of them for the purpose of this video. Right? So, a good purpose of this video. Right? So, a good purpose of this video. Right? So, a good pro skill can catch familiar habits. A pro skill can catch familiar habits. A pro skill can catch familiar habits. A design skill can push a website away design skill can push a website away design skill can push a website away from the same template. and a coding from the same template. and a coding from the same template. and a coding skill can simplify things without adding skill can simplify things without adding skill can simplify things without adding and adding and adding when it faces and adding and adding when it faces and adding and adding when it faces bugs. I absolutely want those things.

bugs. I absolutely want those things. bugs. I absolutely want those things. But one universal anti-slop checklist But one universal anti-slop checklist But one universal anti-slop checklist does not solve the larger model does not solve the larger model does not solve the larger model convergence problem that I talked about convergence problem that I talked about convergence problem that I talked about earlier in this video. If all of us ban earlier in this video. If all of us ban earlier in this video. If all of us ban the same phrases or remove the same the same phrases or remove the same the same phrases or remove the same punctuation uh like the M dash and punctuation uh like the M dash and punctuation uh like the M dash and follow the same taste rules, the model follow the same taste rules, the model follow the same taste rules, the model is just going to end up converging is just going to end up converging is just going to end up converging toward a different hill to climb on and toward a different hill to climb on and toward a different hill to climb on and all of us are going to end up meeting at all of us are going to end up meeting at all of us are going to end up meeting at the top again feeling tired. We get the the top again feeling tired. We get the the top again feeling tired. We get the sameness. We accelerate slop by other sameness. We accelerate slop by other sameness. We accelerate slop by other means. I believe the way out is a return means. I believe the way out is a return means. I believe the way out is a return to authorship. And authorship is not a to authorship. And authorship is not a to authorship. And authorship is not a hill to climb. It's a process. I don't hill to climb. It's a process. I don't hill to climb. It's a process. I don't mean that you have to type every word mean that you have to type every word mean that you have to type every word with your fingers. I mean that you need with your fingers. I mean that you need with your fingers. I mean that you need to know what you're trying to say. You to know what you're trying to say. You to know what you're trying to say. You need to fight with the work until it need to fight with the work until it need to fight with the work until it actually says it and you need to take actually says it and you need to take actually says it and you need to take responsibility for the claims that responsibility for the claims that responsibility for the claims that you're putting out there in the world. you're putting out there in the world. you're putting out there in the world. Let authorship be a process again and Let authorship be a process again and Let authorship be a process again and put AI inside that process as a tool. put AI inside that process as a tool. put AI inside that process as a tool. Let it be a process and let us recover Let it be a process and let us recover Let it be a process and let us recover our voices. And I think this is bigger our voices. And I think this is bigger our voices. And I think this is bigger than protecting anyone's personal style.

than protecting anyone's personal style. than protecting anyone's personal style. Authorship is about recovering our Authorship is about recovering our Authorship is about recovering our passion for communicating with each passion for communicating with each passion for communicating with each other. why I started this channel in the other. why I started this channel in the other. why I started this channel in the first place. I have something I want you first place. I have something I want you first place. I have something I want you to understand. I care whether it reaches to understand. I care whether it reaches to understand. I care whether it reaches you. So, I stay with the work until it's you. So, I stay with the work until it's you. So, I stay with the work until it's true enough and clear enough to get that true enough and clear enough to get that true enough and clear enough to get that across. I want these tools to help you across. I want these tools to help you across. I want these tools to help you stay in the work, not to escape it. And stay in the work, not to escape it. And stay in the work, not to escape it. And so, this skill that I'm launching is so, this skill that I'm launching is so, this skill that I'm launching is designed to take the heavy lifting out designed to take the heavy lifting out designed to take the heavy lifting out of the process of defining your voice so of the process of defining your voice so of the process of defining your voice so that you can focus on that authorship that you can focus on that authorship that you can focus on that authorship piece. If someone says define your piece. If someone says define your piece. If someone says define your voice, you're going to be like, define voice, you're going to be like, define voice, you're going to be like, define it as what? Right? I could write a it as what? Right? I could write a it as what? Right? I could write a complete specification with my own complete specification with my own complete specification with my own judgment, etc. Maybe. But what I really judgment, etc. Maybe. But what I really judgment, etc. Maybe. But what I really want is someone to listen to me. Listen want is someone to listen to me. Listen want is someone to listen to me. Listen to my rough voice notes. Listen to my to my rough voice notes. Listen to my to my rough voice notes. Listen to my final versions. Listen to the places final versions. Listen to the places final versions. Listen to the places where I change the draft and think about where I change the draft and think about where I change the draft and think about it. And then help me think through what it. And then help me think through what it. And then help me think through what would normally get flattened out in a would normally get flattened out in a would normally get flattened out in a one-sizefits-all skill. And help me find one-sizefits-all skill. And help me find one-sizefits-all skill. And help me find things that make me feel dynamic when I things that make me feel dynamic when I things that make me feel dynamic when I read them. Make me feel like, yes, this read them. Make me feel like, yes, this read them. Make me feel like, yes, this is something that is accelerating my is something that is accelerating my is something that is accelerating my thinking. this is something that helps thinking. this is something that helps thinking. this is something that helps me to express myself. Um, the skill is me to express myself. Um, the skill is me to express myself. Um, the skill is not going to make some kind of not going to make some kind of not going to make some kind of irreversible pronouncement on your irreversible pronouncement on your irreversible pronouncement on your writing voice. It's actually just writing voice. It's actually just writing voice. It's actually just forming a theory that you can wrestle forming a theory that you can wrestle forming a theory that you can wrestle with and you could improve over time with and you could improve over time with and you could improve over time about how you communicate, how you best about how you communicate, how you best about how you communicate, how you best communicate in writing. I I want to read communicate in writing. I I want to read communicate in writing. I I want to read less crap, right? I want to read less less crap, right? I want to read less less crap, right? I want to read less stuff that has no substantive value in stuff that has no substantive value in stuff that has no substantive value in it whatsoever, but is full of nice

it whatsoever, but is full of nice it whatsoever, but is full of nice sounding words and I can recognize it so sounding words and I can recognize it so sounding words and I can recognize it so fast. And most people the longer they fast. And most people the longer they fast. And most people the longer they read the quicker they are at recognizing read the quicker they are at recognizing read the quicker they are at recognizing it. And so just to share with you like it. And so just to share with you like it. And so just to share with you like my standard if you are sending me my standard if you are sending me my standard if you are sending me writing, if you are sending me docs and writing, if you are sending me docs and writing, if you are sending me docs and I by the way I get all kinds of stuff in I by the way I get all kinds of stuff in I by the way I get all kinds of stuff in my cold inbox. So this is not just for my cold inbox. So this is not just for my cold inbox. So this is not just for people I work with. This is for the people I work with. This is for the people I work with. This is for the broader internet as a whole. My status broader internet as a whole. My status broader internet as a whole. My status is very clear. Do not send me just AI is very clear. Do not send me just AI is very clear. Do not send me just AI written stuff that you want the AI to written stuff that you want the AI to written stuff that you want the AI to check with me. That is not worth check with me. That is not worth check with me. That is not worth anybody's time. And you shouldn't be anybody's time. And you shouldn't be anybody's time. And you shouldn't be doing that to your human colleagues doing that to your human colleagues doing that to your human colleagues either. Instead, either. Instead, either. Instead, expect conciseness, coherence, clarity, expect conciseness, coherence, clarity, expect conciseness, coherence, clarity, really good written communication really good written communication really good written communication standards that you would have expected standards that you would have expected standards that you would have expected regardless in a workplace or frankly regardless in a workplace or frankly regardless in a workplace or frankly that we would expect if we're talking that we would expect if we're talking that we would expect if we're talking with a good friend and trying to respect with a good friend and trying to respect with a good friend and trying to respect their time. That's the standard we need their time. That's the standard we need their time. That's the standard we need to have in our workplaces. It's the to have in our workplaces. It's the to have in our workplaces. It's the standard we need to have when our agents standard we need to have when our agents standard we need to have when our agents communicate with each other. And that's communicate with each other. And that's communicate with each other. And that's something that leaders I think need to something that leaders I think need to something that leaders I think need to especially help set the bar on in especially help set the bar on in especially help set the bar on in companies because right now we are not companies because right now we are not companies because right now we are not counting a lot of the wastage that goes counting a lot of the wastage that goes counting a lot of the wastage that goes into processing downstream the AI slop into processing downstream the AI slop into processing downstream the AI slop that people are putting out there in the that people are putting out there in the that people are putting out there in the name of work. Like people are sitting name of work. Like people are sitting name of work. Like people are sitting there on their commutes. They're sitting there on their commutes. They're sitting there on their commutes. They're sitting there other places. They're loading a there other places. They're loading a there other places. They're loading a giant document into AI. You've probably giant document into AI. You've probably giant document into AI. You've probably done it yourself. They're processing it done it yourself. They're processing it done it yourself. They're processing it through. They're sending it back and through. They're sending it back and through. They're sending it back and saying this is my response. But is it saying this is my response. But is it saying this is my response. But is it your response? Did you actually look at your response? Did you actually look at your response? Did you actually look at it enough to say, "Yeah, actually that's it enough to say, "Yeah, actually that's it enough to say, "Yeah, actually that's coherent. That's what I want to say.

coherent. That's what I want to say. coherent. That's what I want to say. This is where I'm asking you to go This is where I'm asking you to go This is where I'm asking you to go farther." Figure out your own opinion. farther." Figure out your own opinion. farther." Figure out your own opinion. Make sure if you're sending something, Make sure if you're sending something, Make sure if you're sending something, yeah, sure, you can work with AI on it. yeah, sure, you can work with AI on it. yeah, sure, you can work with AI on it. That's fine. But make sure that it's That's fine. But make sure that it's That's fine. But make sure that it's something you actually want to say. Make something you actually want to say. Make something you actually want to say. Make sure you would take accountability for sure you would take accountability for sure you would take accountability for it. And that's something no skill can it. And that's something no skill can it. And that's something no skill can teach you. That's something that we need teach you. That's something that we need teach you. That's something that we need to insist on with each other as a way of to insist on with each other as a way of to insist on with each other as a way of rejuvenating the internet. And I don't rejuvenating the internet. And I don't rejuvenating the internet. And I don't think it's smaller than that. Over half think it's smaller than that. Over half think it's smaller than that. Over half of internet traffic now is AI agents. of internet traffic now is AI agents. of internet traffic now is AI agents. Over half of it. It's not going to get Over half of it. It's not going to get Over half of it. It's not going to get smaller. If we want a future where there smaller. If we want a future where there smaller. If we want a future where there is a lot of good writing out there, is a lot of good writing out there, is a lot of good writing out there, where there's a lot of interesting where there's a lot of interesting where there's a lot of interesting writing, where there's meaning being writing, where there's meaning being writing, where there's meaning being carried through the internet, where our carried through the internet, where our carried through the internet, where our workplaces are full of thoughtful workplaces are full of thoughtful workplaces are full of thoughtful conversation back and forth and debate conversation back and forth and debate conversation back and forth and debate and sparring and good docs, this is and sparring and good docs, this is and sparring and good docs, this is where it starts. It starts with where it starts. It starts with where it starts. It starts with authorship and a commitment to writing authorship and a commitment to writing authorship and a commitment to writing well. And so that's my ask. You know well. And so that's my ask. You know well. And so that's my ask. You know what? If you don't want to use my own what? If you don't want to use my own what? If you don't want to use my own voice skill, I don't care. Talk to your voice skill, I don't care. Talk to your voice skill, I don't care. Talk to your AI and work on your own custom voice AI and work on your own custom voice AI and work on your own custom voice skill. It'll probably take you a bit skill. It'll probably take you a bit skill. It'll probably take you a bit longer, but if that makes you happy, longer, but if that makes you happy, longer, but if that makes you happy, fantastic. I just don't want anybody fantastic. I just don't want anybody fantastic. I just don't want anybody listening to this to go back and say, listening to this to go back and say, listening to this to go back and say, "Well, it's easier." And I am just going "Well, it's easier." And I am just going "Well, it's easier." And I am just going to produce whatever Claude gives me and to produce whatever Claude gives me and to produce whatever Claude gives me and shove it into the Slack channel for my shove it into the Slack channel for my shove it into the Slack channel for my boss. It's not going to matter. It does boss. It's not going to matter. It does boss. It's not going to matter. It does matter. It costs the rest of the matter. It costs the rest of the matter. It costs the rest of the company. It costs the rest of your team.

company. It costs the rest of your team. company. It costs the rest of your team. It costs your colleagues. and that when It costs your colleagues. and that when It costs your colleagues. and that when we communicate with each other, we take we communicate with each other, we take we communicate with each other, we take time to craft and do that. Well, whether time to craft and do that. Well, whether time to craft and do that. Well, whether that's through art, uh whether it's that's through art, uh whether it's that's through art, uh whether it's through a PRFAQ, it doesn't matter. You through a PRFAQ, it doesn't matter. You through a PRFAQ, it doesn't matter. You can spend 57 drafts polishing it and get can spend 57 drafts polishing it and get can spend 57 drafts polishing it and get to something that's really lovely at the to something that's really lovely at the to something that's really lovely at the end. And the 57 drafts along the way end. And the 57 drafts along the way end. And the 57 drafts along the way were how you got there. They were how were how you got there. They were how were how you got there. They were how that art form took shape. They were how that art form took shape. They were how that art form took shape. They were how that that authorship shaped who you that that authorship shaped who you that that authorship shaped who you were. Which is why great artists will were. Which is why great artists will were. Which is why great artists will tell you when they're done with a piece, tell you when they're done with a piece, tell you when they're done with a piece, it is done for them and it is living it is done for them and it is living it is done for them and it is living with the people. is communicating too, with the people. is communicating too, with the people. is communicating too, but they've had that exchange through but they've had that exchange through but they've had that exchange through dozens and dozens and dozens of sketches dozens and dozens and dozens of sketches dozens and dozens and dozens of sketches and preliminary paintings, etc. So, this and preliminary paintings, etc. So, this and preliminary paintings, etc. So, this is my challenge for you. Don't just be is my challenge for you. Don't just be is my challenge for you. Don't just be anti- AI slop. Be pro-authorship. If you anti- AI slop. Be pro-authorship. If you anti- AI slop. Be pro-authorship. If you don't mean it, please don't send it to don't mean it, please don't send it to don't mean it, please don't send it to me and please don't send it to anyone me and please don't send it to anyone me and please don't send it to anyone you care about. And please don't even you care about. And please don't even you care about. And please don't even put it in cold emails. We all can do a put it in cold emails. We all can do a put it in cold emails. We all can do a better job. Please put down below two better job. Please put down below two better job. Please put down below two things. One, what is your favorite things. One, what is your favorite things. One, what is your favorite terrible example of AI slop? Because we terrible example of AI slop? Because we terrible example of AI slop? Because we need humor in this world. And two, what need humor in this world. And two, what need humor in this world. And two, what are you going to tackle first when are you going to tackle first when are you going to tackle first when you're trying to figure out authorship?

you're trying to figure out authorship? you're trying to figure out authorship? How are you approaching this? Because I How are you approaching this? Because I How are you approaching this? Because I think that's actually something we don't think that's actually something we don't think that's actually something we don't talk about enough. How do we write in talk about enough. How do we write in talk about enough. How do we write in the age of AI? What's your favorite tip? the age of AI? What's your favorite tip? the age of AI? What's your favorite tip? What's your favorite trick? I'd love to What's your favorite trick? I'd love to What's your favorite trick? I'd love to learn from you as well.