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Vent: I spent $200 on an AI writing tool and it totally missed the mark
I needed help drafting a bunch of technical blog posts for my small business website. A friend kept talking about how this AI tool could write whole articles, so I paid for a year's subscription. The first article it gave me was full of weird, generic sentences and got basic facts about my industry wrong. I had to rewrite the entire thing from scratch, which took me longer than if I'd just written it myself. Now I'm stuck with this tool for 11 more months and it's just sitting there unused. Has anyone else tried an AI writing assistant for technical content and had it actually work well?
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hill.margaret9d ago
My buddy at the tech startup said they only use AI for first drafts and fact-check everything.
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sage_green8d ago
Yeah, I've been there. I tried one for product descriptions and it kept calling a basic garden hose a "fluid transfer conduit system." You have to treat it like a really bad intern. Use it for bullet points on what to cover, then take those and write the actual sentences yourself. It can save a little time on structure, but you still have to do all the real work.
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Honestly that "fluid transfer conduit system" example from @sage_green is kind of perfect for certain buyers though. For technical or industrial clients, using precise language shows you understand their field. The trick is training the tool with the right examples so it learns your brand's voice, not just using the raw output. It takes setup, but then it can draft full paragraphs that only need a light edit.
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