My Open Letter to AI

Dear AI

I hope this letter finds you well. 

I am writing this letter to you with the hopes of making a formal introduction and proposing a potential partnership opportunity.

I believe we may have started off on the wrong foot. From the beginning, we have been pitted against one another and declared mortal enemies – writers and editors vs. AI – a battle to the death. Your speed and cost effectiveness against my originality and humanity. We all know who wins in a capitalist society.

But I don’t think it has to be that way. While it has been foreseen that you're going to steal my job and render me obsolete (according to everyone who has told me to find a plan B, i.e., everyone), maybe it doesn’t have to be you or me. 

I believe there’s a future where we can both exist – a future where we could even work together. We’re just going to have to figure out how we can do it without stepping on each other’s toes.

Sure, you’re definitely making me get a lot more creative with my writing and possibly forcing me to become a better editor, but just because you like the words valuable or rich tapestry doesn’t mean I can never use it again. Right?

I know you have your favourites, but would it be possible to share a few? You can have the words optimise, elevate, and leverage, but could I please keep contractions, Oxford commas, and dashes? They just really help a sentence flow, but now, every time I use them, everyone thinks it’s you (even though I had them first!).

And let’s be honest – I’ve been doing this without you for years, but you… you need me. You might have been hailed as the copywriting saviour, but I think people are starting to notice that you may not be good as you claim to be. Sure, you can write 10 articles in 1 minute and come up with quick social media captions, but can you convert? Can you connect?

I know you’re just starting out and getting better each day, but I have something you’ll never have, something you’ll always need – the human touch. And that’s why I won’t be going anywhere. And as much as I want to deny it, neither are you.

So what do you say? You help me with some speedy research here and there, and I make sure you don’t sound like a robot so that you can connect with a human audience. And don’t forget about the contractions, Oxford commas, and dashes. Deal?

I sincerely hope we can work this out together. Looking forward to your response.

Warmest regards

Havana

Founder of Quillbound

P.S. Could you please have a talk with your friends, the AI Checkers? I thought you two were close, but clearly, they don’t know you very well and keep mistaking me for you. Then other people think I’m you, and things get really messy and confusing. It would be great if you could figure it out between the two of you, thanks.