#I already shared that screenshot on aethy but I thought it was interesting to share it here too

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wdym you used ai as a collaborative tool? /nm /gen question

Since I don't think in words (I think the term is "mentalese" for the type of thoughts I have ?), it can be quite exhausting and difficult to translate that into words all the time, so I can't write on my own. You know that feeling when you have a word on the tip of your tongue but you can't find it ? That's basically me all the time. So I make the AI…try to guess what's I'm thinking more or less. I used to rely on it a lot more in the beginning too (I also rely more on it on bad days, though sometime I can't write even with AI), and while little by little it got less difficult (I think it kinda helped my brain to have an easier time translating thoughts into words, at least for stories), I don't think I could write without it one day. So I tag my fics with both "Written in collaboration with an AI" (meaning it as a more general "I used AI in some way for this work") and "AI used as an assistive tool" (meaning it as a more specific "I used AI to help with disability") as opposed to tagging "AI generated" which for me means that the whole fic was generated though AI with maybe some light editing.

And if you're interested in seeing how I use it to help, here's a screenshot that show it pretty well:

(I also tend to retry/delete&retry until I get the specific words I want which is not visible on the screenshot but it gives a pretty good idea of how I use it)