Just spent $150 on an AI writing tool and it's actually saving me hours

I finally caved and tried that AI writing assistant everyone's been talking about. It cost me $150 for the year subscription, and I was skeptical at first. But after using it for two weeks to draft emails and blog posts, I'm cutting my writing time by about 40 percent. The first article I generated took me 10 minutes instead of an hour. Has anyone else tried a similar tool and seen real time savings in their workflow?

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blair_gibson7811d ago

Went through something similar with a different tool last month. Paid for the pro plan on a grammar checker that also does style suggestions. Spent like 3 hours one Sunday rewriting old work emails just because the tool kept telling me my tone was too agressive. Actually made me realize I sound like a jerk in half my messages so maybe worth it.

sage_park610d ago

Oh man, I feel this so hard. I bought one of those AI writing tools hoping it would turn me into some sort of productivity machine. Turns out the only thing it's actually good at is making me realize how much time I waste staring at a blinking cursor. The first email I generated with it sounded like a robot trying to sell me a timeshare, so I spent another 20 minutes making it sound like a normal human wrote it. At this rate, I'm probably saving negative hours because now I also have to edit all the awkward phrases it dreams up. But hey, at least now my spam folder is full of offers for "revolutionary AI solutions" so I guess that's something.

kimr3311d ago

@blair_gibson78 made me laugh with the tone thing cause I feel like ai tools just point out stuff we already know but ignore. My thing is, yeah it saves time but is it really saving you time if you spend half that time tweaking what it spits out to sound like you? I tried one of those blog generators and the first draft was so wordy and fake, I ended up rewriting the whole thing anyway. Maybe it works for basic emails but for real writing it still needs a human touch.