[analogpixel]

> I don’t write a daily blog to crank out a post every day. If that was the point, I’d have switched to AI long ago already. I write a daily blog to make sure I remember how to think.

I'm always surprised when people say they use LLMs to do stuff in their Journal/Obsidian/Notion. The whole point of those systems is to make you think better, and then you just offload all of that to a computer.

[roughly]

A friend noted that many people seem to be cosplaying their lives, and it’s hard not to see it once it’s pointed out.

[rapidfl]

After reading this comment, I feel leaning into the cosplaying will make me more productive/prolific. Many things I do not push thru on are because they seem superficial or a bit fake.

Does not apply to all ppl but maybe there should be phases to cosplay hard. Then reflect and realign.

[jackyinger]

Great point, this cosplay phenomenon goes far beyond LLM use.

[yeahforsureman]

Funny, I tend to use larping for similar analogies. Not a huge insight or anything, just crossed my mind... I guess there's also overlap, or at least some kind of similarity with cargo cults, too? :)

EDIT: Trying to stay on topic and score some po--, cargo I mean...

[alansaber]

Most people do, some just more blatantly

[akoboldfrying]

IIUC, you believe that (a) using a tool like Notion is a useful brain-multiplying lever vs. struggling to keep everything in your head, but (b) using a tool like an LLM is a harmful brain-rotting exercise vs. struggling to do everything with your head.

In your opinion, what is the differentiating factor?

[lukeschlather]

Using a tool like notion is organizing your thoughts into a coherent structure so that you can reexamine them. Running that coherent structure through an LLM replaces your structured thoughts with other thoughts you didn't have. You've gone to all this trouble to record your memories so they don't change, and then you run them through a machine that replaces your memories with randomly generated ones.

I think AI is a great tool in certain circumstances, but this sounds like one of the clearest examples where it is brain rot.

[Kiro]

> The whole point of those systems is to make you think better

I'm not using LLMs for my notes but "think better" has never been a goal for me.

[wtetzner]

And what is the point of AI generated posts when everyone has access to LLMs themselves? They can also generate whatever text they want.

[jphorism]

It's possible to do both. I write in a small field journal to think better, then periodically use Wispr Flow to quickly transcribe it to Obsidian (where I can use LLMs on the writing).

[kettlecorn]

Sometimes when working through difficult problems I will write pages of notes exploring a topic from a bunch of different angles until my brain is a bit exhausted.

I've found LLMs work reasonably well to just copy-paste that blob of thoughts into to have them summarize the key points back to me in a more coherent form.

[kaashif]

I find value in going from the unstructured blob of notes into structured and coherent thoughts myself, rather than with an LLM.

If I understand something well, I can write something coherent easily.

What you describe feels to me along the lines of studying for an exam by photocopying a textbook over and over.