Illuminating Paths β Hi-Po Course and Identifying AI Writing
Welcome Reader,
Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
It's been a while! Since my last post I've been to Phoenix (work and vacation) and Kansas (NASCAR Cup race). I've also experienced my first tornado warning living in Oklahoma. π
With those things mostly out of the way, it's time to write some more.
Let's explore today's edition!
Overview of Today's Issue:
- Step into Your Highest Potential by Maestro
- Identifying Writing Likely Written by AI
- Question of the Week
Step into Your Highest Potential by Maestro
I completed a three week professional development course on solving problems by Maestro a few weeks ago. Throughout the three weeks we went through the book "The Obstacle is the Way" by Ryan Holiday and worked on applying the principles in the book.
We learned how to:
- Properly view obstacles (perception)
- Work on overcoming the obstacle (action)
- Use our will power to overcome the obstacle (will)
I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the course, sharing the insights I gathered, and learning with and from my group and the larger cohort. The staff did an excellent job encouraging discussion and providing feedback.
If they offer it again and you want to learn how you can apply stoic principles to problem solving I highly recommend signing up for the course.
Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing many of the insights I took away from this course, but one quick one I wanted to share with you today is that whenever we face obstacles, we are in charge of how we view the obstacle and how it affects us. We have a choice and whether we want to believe that is up to us.
Identifying Writing Likely Written by AI
AI has been helping people write blogs, articles, papers, courses, and social media posts since late 2022, and in some cases it has been writing the entire thing for them.
One of the difficult things about the proliferation of AI generated writing is that it is hard to identify if AI wrote it. Ethan Mollick shared a research article that discovered that teachers, both new and experienced, have a difficult time detecting whether a paper was written by AI.
With teachers having a difficult time detecting AI writing, how can we stay alert to writing that was written in part or in whole by AI?
βHeather Murray shared on LinkedIn several key words or phrases that may indicate whether a paper was written by AI, based on research papers, her own experience, and the experience of her followers. Some of the common words and phrases include:
- Delve
- Realm
- Intricate
- Embrace
- Navigate
- Embark
- Ever-evolving
- Game-changer
βAndrew Gray, after looking at 60,000 scientific articles published in 2023, found a dramatic increase in certain words such as:
- Meticulously (+137%)
- Intricate (+117%)
- Commendable (+83%)
- Meticulous (+59%)
Delve into Murray's list and Gray's paper to see more of the ever-evolving word usage of AI. π
Question of the Week
I read this question in newsletter a few months ago by Scott Young and it has helped me immensely when I get into moments of inaction.
He wrote "Whenever you find yourself tempted to procrastinate, initiate a distraction or switch to a more tractable task, just ask yourself one question: 'Whatβs the next step?'"
I've found that asking this one question helps me gain a better perspective and come up with the one action I can start. Once I start I begin to get the momentum needed to complete the task at hand.
Bonus!
β22 maps and charts that visualize the world in unique ways.
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Thank you for reading Illuminating Paths. I hope something in this edition starts a new journey for you.
All the best,
Jason Rajcok
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