Is This Blog Written By Me Or By AI?

If I were you, I’d be wondering whether these blogs are written by a person or by GPT. It’s a valid question. These days, everything can be done by AI, and most things are. The real question is: are we better or worse as consumers of AI-driven content?

There’s been a lot of debate around whether we should use AI or depend on AI for all our intellectual tasks, so I’m not going to comment on that. What I am curious about is us as consumers of such content. To inspect that further, let’s analyze the chain of events behind an AI-generated blog.

(PS—these blogs are not AI-generated; clearly, ChatGPT-5 can do a much better job.)

Step 1: Person thinks of an idea.

Step 2: Person asks ChatGPT to write a blog based on that idea.

Step 3: Person recommends changes.

Step 4: Person is satisfied with the blog and proceeds to publish.

Essentially, what we’re getting is a human-generated idea, polished into a blog format by AI, with research done by other humans available online. Now, it’s possible that some of these research sources are also AI-generated, but then again, the idea and supporting research must have come from human intelligence.

So, the ideas we’re consuming are human indeed, just the language is AI-generated. And isn’t that better? We can be sure the grammar is correct if it’s verified by AI.

That just leaves us with the concern of credit-mongering, one person claiming credit for the work of countless others. That’s a valid concern. It’s especially valid when the work is submitted for credit at universities or showcased as a testimony to the person’s language skills or knowledge base.

As long as we’re consuming AI-generated content as mere consumers and not as evaluators, I really don’t see the problem. So long as the content is not being used to vouch for the writer’s capabilities, it’s perfectly fine as a knowledge pool.

What we actually have a problem with is the aforesaid: how dare a person put their name to it when they didn’t even write it? It's not fair! It seems unfair that someone is getting applause or recognition for work they didn’t do.

But is it really unfair? Possibly to another person with the same idea, who also writes blogs and is receiving less traffic because people prefer the AI-generated version. But let’s be real, 99% of us are not that person, and we still think it’s unfair, for the same reason as our “wronged” fellow blogger.

Is it because we sympathize with others like her? I don’t think so. We have a problem with other people getting easy success when we’re working hard for it. And hard work is a virtue; to forego that for smart work shouldn’t be celebrated.

Perhaps what we forget is that nobody is celebrating or applauding the work that went behind it, they only see the outcome. So, granted, hard work has been instrumental in the evolution of the human race, but it’s no longer the only route. Smart work can get you just as far, if not farther, and that’s not a reason to begrudge another person.

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Today’s craving: Coconut water from Indonesia.