After the internet, AI is one of the greatest inventions of the world.
While AI has been present for over a decade now, the guys at OpenAI have made AI accessible to everyone.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has put the power of AI in the hands of the regular consumer. It’s like a personal assistant that can do everything you ask it to.
Out of the many things ChatGPT does, one of them is writing articles and blog posts. Similar to ChatGPT, there are other tools like Claude AI, Google Gemini, and more that help do the same thing.
Hence, the question arises: should you use AI to write articles on your website?
Let’s find out!
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Advantages of Using AI to Write Articles
1. Superfast Output
I’ve been doing content writing for over 8 years now, and with prior research, I can write a 500-word article within 30-45 minutes.
Do you know how much AI needs to write the same article? Just a few seconds.
And if you don’t like the first article, you can always ask it to write another one, and it does it within seconds too.
Hence, the biggest advantage of AI is that it can generate lengthy output within seconds after you enter your query.
More importantly, if you don’t need a small part within that article, you can always guide it to skip that and replace it with something else.
2. On-demand Changes
Want ChatGPT to write an article with shorter paragraphs? Done
Want it to write the article with more data? Done
Want ChatGPT to write an article about asteroids that’s easily understandable by a 5th grader? Done
Want to translate the written article into Spanish? Done
You know what would happen if you asked me to make so many changes? I’d punch you in the face and leave.
ChatGPT and AI, in general, is a robot and it’s made to take your commands and generate an output.
It’s hard to get it done with a human writer, and that too in such a short period of time.
3. Creative Inputs
Once ChatGPT has generated an article, you can optimize by supplying additional inputs.
For example, if you have a few statistics to add to the article, ChatGPT will take the instructions and generate a new article that includes the provided statistics.
Similarly, if the article language is complex, you can command it to rewrite the article in simple English that’s understandable by most people.
Disadvantages of Using AI to Write Articles
1. Limited Recent Knowledge
While ChatGPT and other AI tools have a vast knowledge base; however, they lack information about recent news and up-to-date information.
Thus, when you use AI to write topics about current affairs, it suffers badly and might give you a poor and inaccurate output.
Surely, you can feed it current data while writing the command. However, it makes more sense to hire a human writer because it can understand the context better.
2. Incorrect Information
The developers at OpenAI warn against using ChatGPT for medical, health, and money-related advice.
ChatGPT is a robot and only works off the data it has been provided. It doesn’t have any moral code and doesn’t know which things are morally right or wrong.
Sure, developers put in the extra effort to prevent mishaps. Yet, you don’t want your readers to read an article that’s not 100% accurate and could potentially put their life in danger.
3. Lack of personal voice
Since ChatGPT and other AI services are made for the general audience. They use a general tone of voice that’s discernable for most people.
While it works for most parts, an article also reflects the creativity and personalization of the writer. When you write an article with AI, it lacks both of these features.
Surely, you can ask ChatGPT to write an article in a funny tone, or replicate the tone of voice of Donald Trump. However, it doesn’t do a good job and makes the article look boring and repetitive.
Should You Use AI to Write Articles?
As a writer myself, I don’t recommend using ChatGPT or other AI tools to write articles.
Apart from the above disadvantages, Google also hates websites that are filled with AI written content. It recently penalized thousands of AI-written content sites.
Thus, if you want your articles to rank on Google, you know where the company stands.
How Should You Use AI to Write an Article?
Most writers think that AI will put them out of business, whereas others use it to improve their workflow.
I use ChatGPT and other AI tools within my workflow, and here’s how you can too.
- Generate article titles and subheadings
- Generate article outlines
- Summarize other blog posts and research articles
- Create introductions and conclusions
- Use for topic and keyword research
- Ask to complete a sentence
- Improve Grammar
- Help during writer’s block
You can use the above things to simplify your workflow and then write an article on your work.
This way, you can do it faster and still preserve your personality and tone of voice.
Conclusion
AI is a game changer when it comes to writing and content creation. Using it wisely can help you scale greater heights than imagined before.
However, if you use it poorly, your site could get penalized by Google, or your readers won’t be interested in what you have to say.
Thus, I recommend using AI to aid in your writing process, and not use it to write an entire article.