How I use AI for my blog
I use AI for my blog, both for texts and design.
Do I use it a lot? I guess that depends on who you ask. My answer is that I use it in a way that keeps everything true to the original.
I let ChatGPT proofread my texts for grammar and spelling mistakes. Then I go through them myself and remove anything that “isn’t me”. Since I’m using a strict prompt combined with a lot of manually added personalization data, the suggestions I get back are usually minor.
The meta description, which is also used for the post summaries on the home page, is pretty much all AI, though (no need to be an expert to see that). That also shows that the actual posts aren’t AI in an artificial way.
I use AI to help my design ideas come to life. Usually, it’s about making my sloppy coding more efficient. Not a huge time saver, but a decent teacher (I’ve written more about this in How my photo blog came together).
Finally, I use the Micro.blog AI feature for generating image accessibility descriptions. That means a photo like this, which I might have described as “A ship”, gets a description like “A large cruise ship sails near a rocky shoreline under a cloudy sky” instead.
In my opinion, that’s not cheating, it’s helpful — both for me and others. English is not my mother tongue, and I’m not a professional designer. With a “lagom” (Swedish word for “just the right amount”) and careful use of AI, I feel that I’m constantly getting better in both these areas.
I’m sure many others won’t agree, and that’s fine. I just wanted to share my honest take on AI.
Update
I got a question about how my prompt looks. Keep in mind that for this to work satisfactory, you need to manually provide the AI with personalization data (in my experience, the more the better — I’ve even added that it’s okay with some “Swenglish” errors).
My prompt: “Fix any grammar and spelling mistakes. Keep the personal touch and the preferred style of writing I have provided you with. No complete rewrites.”
Here’s the above text (except the “Update”) before AI had its say:
I use AI for my blog, both for texts and design.
Do I use it a lot? I guess that depends on who you ask. My answer is that I use it in a way that keeps everything true to the original.
I let ChatGPT proofread my texts to check for grammar and spelling mistakes. Then I go through them myself and remove anything that “isn’t me”. Since I’m using a strict prompt combined with a lot of manually added personalization data, the suggestions I get back are usually minor.
The meta description, which is also used for the post summaries on the home page, is pretty much all AI, though (no need to be an expert to see that). That also shows that the actual posts aren’t AI in an artificial way.
I use AI to help my design ideas come to life. Usually it’s about making my sloppy coding more efficient. Not a huge time saver, but a decent teacher (I’ve written more about this in How my photo blog came together).
Finally, I use the Micro.blog AI feature for generating image accessibility descriptions. That makes a photo like this, which I might have described as “A ship”, get a description like “A large cruise ship sails near a rocky shoreline under a cloudy sky” instead.
In my opinion, that’s not cheating, it’s helpful — both to me and others. English is not my mother tongue and I’m not a professional designer. With a “lagom” (Swedish word for “just the right amount”) and careful use of AI, I feel that I’m constantly getting better in both these areas.
I’m sure many others won’t agree, and that’s fine. I just wanted to share my honest take on AI.
Here’s the above text before AI had a saying: