I’m all for human-written content.

But, AI search is here. When you write for hours will it be just to have AI quote or amalgamate it, so you can have a link sit by it that few will click on? Or will you submit it to some old Yahoo-like index, HN, or peer-messaging app that reaches maybe typically 10 people typically or 100,000 once for your 15 minutes of fame?

When you write something fairly long, don’t do it for the clicks, unless you need the money. If you have something to say that’s that you think is important, sure, write it, but don’t bet on anything but making a few people mad. Do it because it’s what you want to do. AI can’t take that away from you, yet.

I’m sure I’ve recently read something great that was written by AI, though. It’s not all slop. It’s only a matter of time now before Armageddon.

> it be just to have AI quote or amalgamate it

We'd call that simple plagiarism or copyright violation in any other context.

> unless you need the money

Who doesn't need money? Also shouldn't the people spending the money decide who gets it?

> AI can’t take that away from you, yet.

AI isn't taking anything. Google is. Consciously.

> It’s only a matter of time now before Armageddon.

Who told you that? Google? You see the flaw in that strategy?

The big losers with AI are people who try to monetize user contributions. Users themselves were already making contributions to Reddit, StackOverflow, and Wikipedia for free. Traditional bloggers (not the Google AdWords people) wouldn’t care where you read your ideas, so long as you were reading them.

In this day and age, a blog is like music; if I can’t engage with it for free, I’m probably not going to engage with it at all.