not dyslexic but thank f*ck for chatgabcdefg

I've devoured magazines since before I could first read. I wouldn't just study the fashion or pull out A4 Justin Bieber posters, I would literally lift up the pages and smell the fresh ink from the paper like I was inhaling couture in my veins.

The thought of reading articles from a robot, not a true person, is as thrilling as switching out my stilettos for crocs. *Bluuurrrr- vomits everywhere- including on your crocs*. You can thank me later. And AI models make me feel as if were living in dystopian world run by robots. Both terrifying and uninspiring. We want to see real, diverse authentic people shine in magazines. Is there room for AI in media? Does it have to suck the life out of creativity? And are we hypocrites? Do we all complain about AI in media, but use it to our own advantage when needed?

I can, like many creatives, be a perfectionist(which for me is like procrastination with a bow on top). Correcting my grammar in articles and magazine pitches I send to publications can take longer than I like to admit... I am also from the south of England. I didn't grow up in an elite private school - and especially after a couple of dirty martinis in a hotel bar, my grammar turns rather "you alright love". My accent is either "posh" or "cockney" no in between.

I am here to yap. To tell stories, to use my voice. I'll never replace my own voice with a robot that sometimes gives me the energy of a 40-year-old Facebook, mum. I live love laugh you guys. However, giving a brief to Chat GPT to correct punctuation and spelling, takes a hundred-year job to a 5-second one. I make sure it hasn't edited my tone like I've instructed, or even replace deliberate mis spelling for puns out. But yet I'm the first to complain about AI in media... Hypocrite? Maybe.

My hot take is, I only believe AI should be used if it helps creatives put more of their own art out there. Their own art. To break perfectionism so we can focus on being creative. (I mean we cant afford to be perfectionists, its not like were doing open heart surgery). We have too many ideas to focus on one for too long.

Once I even asked Chat GPT for a list of publications that they believe would be interested in a particular story I had. I was given a full list including email addresses of where to pitch to. Lifesaver. Yes I still do the double checking and searching myself. But it can help.

I think us magazine devour-ers are so desperate to reconnect with authentic shocking stories written by real humans that we’re looking into buying vintage magazines on eBay over in store buys because of the fear of AI. But this is also contributing to the ongoing fear that one day- in person print magazines won’t exist. I’m not ready to let that go. The second I purchase a magazine and a sweetie, that's it, I'm in a movie. Real life escapes me. I suddenly become the little girl that fell in love with them in the first place.

All I can say is thank the Lord for cosmopolitan and their blunt humour. And thank nerdie geniuses for a adhd girlie having access to things that make me get my real authentic voice out there. Not an edited, polished version of me, but one that can actually spell.... yippie.

I didn’t want to offend my chat gpt robot that I have nicknamed Cece, so I didn’t ask her for help editing this one. So if my grammar is bad, my point has been made. And if it isn't, hey maybe I don't need it as muh a I fink I do. ;)

For the love of journalism, support your rom com loving writers and purchase yourself a magazine, or read some blogs. Reminding yourself you can read here and there is the equivalent of your brain discovering free will to skinny dip in the ocean. Freeing and exciting. Even for those that find it hard sometimes. They are for you too. Reading doesn't need to be rushed, there's no exam, just you and ink that was printed to inspire you. And if reading isn't your forte, thank you for making it this far, I appreciate you so much.

All the love from a girl that struggled in English class in school (not literature but spelling an punctuation) because she spent too much of her time daydreaming or accidentally being distracted to remember how to spell "Restaruant".

You can do and be anything. I believe in you. Your brain can do wonderful things. You've got this- with or without AI. Love you so much xoxo