A personal reflection on how relying on AI writing tools since 2023 has degraded the author's natural writing ability and creative voice. The author, a multilingual writer who previously wrote fluently without assistance, notices their first drafts now feel generic and lifeless. A rejected LessWrong post — flagged as AI-assisted despite being mostly human-written — prompted this realization. The post questions whether over-dependence on LLMs for grammar and phrasing erodes authentic self-expression, and asks others if they've experienced the same and how they reclaimed their writing skills.
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