What In the GPT is AI's Impact On Our Relationship to Our Voice?

Today I want to talk about AI and something I have been noticing lately. The way it can slowly start to mess with our confidence in our own voice if we are not careful.

Over the past year, I have caught myself reading posts or emails and thinking, this sounds polished, but it does not feel like a person. And the moment I sense that, I check out a little bit. Not because the message is bad, but because I want to hear someone’s real thoughts. Their perspective. Their personality.

What made this topic hit home for me is realizing that it was happening to me too. The more I used AI to help with wording or structure, the more I started to second guess myself. I would write something and then wonder, is this good enough, or should I run it through a tool just to be sure?

This episode is not about being anti AI. I use it. It can be incredibly helpful. But I have also learned that there is a line between using a tool and slowly handing over your voice.

And that is the tension I want to explore today. How do we stay supported by technology without becoming dependent on it. How do we keep showing up as ourselves in a world that makes it very easy to sound like everyone else.