AI’s influence is hard to ignore

Last week I was focused on the open-source AI project Clawdbot. This week I have turned to the AI analysis built into WeChat Search. The first caught my eye because it was fashionable; the second is useful for examining the quality of my WeChat articles. Both matter to me. One makes the enthusiasm for AI among investors feel more tangible. The other points out problems in my writing and helps me make more targeted changes.

I work and think carefully every day, but I am afraid that if I fail to use AI well in the coming years—to improve both my thinking and my efficiency—I will fall further behind, and catching up will only become harder. That is the scariest future I can imagine for myself.

Around the end of last year, when I decided to take readership growth seriously, I suddenly saw how unfriendly the layout of my old WeChat articles was. A stranger might leave immediately; even I judge those pages harshly now. My past readers were kind to put up with them. I could have excused myself by saying there was no time, or that the writing mattered more than typography. But if I call myself a productive writer, surely I owe readers at least a basic standard of presentation. Their attention and time matter.

After trying different approaches, I still put the quality of the writing first. I also need to fix the careless presentation of my older work as quickly and practically as I can.

In the long run, the effort I am making now will be valuable.