What a year of using AI badly taught me about communication For the better part of a year, I used AI like a toy. I asked it lazy questions. I watched it hand back mush. And I did what a lot of smart, skeptical people did around that time — I decided the whole thing … Continue reading The Mush Was Mine
Category: AI & Communication
Intent
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 33 Before you say anything — to your spouse, your team, your AI — there's a question worth answering first: why are you opening your mouth? Are you trying to understand something? Are you trying to be understood? Are you trying to win? Are you trying to find the … Continue reading Intent
I Told the AI to Edit My Book
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 23 Earlier this year, I finished my first novel — 105,000 words of a YA superhero story set in the 1990s. It needed editing. I had Claude. I figured this would be straightforward. I said, essentially: let's edit this. The AI started rewriting my story. Not editing — recreating. … Continue reading I Told the AI to Edit My Book
My Fault
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 19 I was in a business conversation today. I thought I was being clear. I gave what I believed were straightforward directives — here's the problem, here's what I need done, here are the actions to take. One person on the call almost point-blank refused to accept the message. … Continue reading My Fault
The Drift You Don’t Notice
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 15 Week one, you push back on everything AI gives you. You check the output. You question the reasoning. You verify the facts. You're in charge and you know it. By week ten, the checking feels redundant. The tool has been right so many times that pushing back seems … Continue reading The Drift You Don’t Notice
David Willis 