Stay Yourself: Don't Let AI Smooth Out Your Edges

AI makes everyone's writing, art, and ideas sound similar — polished and average. The interesting stuff is the WEIRD stuff. Your weird is what makes you you. Keep it.

Some examples

• Your weird joke = funnier than AI's safe joke.
• Your weird drawing = more interesting than AI's pretty one.
• Your weird perspective on something = more valuable than the average view.
• Your weird favorites and interests = part of why people love you.

Try it!

Why Your Weird is Your Superpower

Have you ever noticed that all AI-made drawings start to look similar? Or that all AI-written stories sound like they came from the same person? That's because AI learns from millions of things and creates something average — polished, pretty, but not surprising. You are not average. The things that make you different — the weird jokes only your friends get, the very specific way you draw eyes, the unusual book you can't stop thinking about — those are the things that make you interesting. AI can help you with lots of tasks, but it cannot be you. It can generate a birthday poem but it won't make the same poem you would make, with your inside jokes and your specific way of saying things. Use AI as a helper, but keep the things that are yours: your opinions, your style, your interests, and your voice.

• AI creates average — your job is to be specific and surprising
• Your weird sense of humor is more interesting than AI's safe jokes
• Use AI to help, but put your own ideas in first
• Your specific interests and opinions are what make you valuable