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This blog has been written by the author himself.
I have had Minerva look at my blogs and share some notes with her to increase the quality of my content and also push things faster.
However, here is the conflict. To many blogging is a creative work. There is craft involved in this. What to write, what to omit, flow of ideas and how to explain complicated subjects in simple digestable form.
On the other hand, blogging fo me is also sharing knowledge: my work and experiences are what I aim to share via this medium. I am not concerned about having a lot of traffic or metrics (Although I will appreciate it), that’s not the intent behind this. Its a purely creative and expressive endeavour.
flowchart TD A[Blogging Intent] --> B[Creative Expression] A --> C[Knowledge Sharing] B --> D[Flow and Craft Decisions] C --> E[Work and Experience Based Writing]
That said, I also want to write articles that feel meaningful to me. The way forward I have identified for myself is to balance it. If Minerva can accelerate my thinking without replacing it and work with me rather than for me (blogs and creative endeavours) - I am open to embracing it.
When writing on technological topics - especially in categories like security and engineering - I feel the hardest path can be deciding what to include and exclude, checking on assumptions and giving good justifying examples. Minerva for me has accelerated that process. I have thousands of notes on varying technical topics which are unordered and mess that even I sometimes struggle to place and understand. However even in that mess, Minerva helps me in:
- Refactor rough notes in blogs.
- Challange reasoning and promote thinking on assumptions.
- Look for alternative explanations.
- Improving clarity without dulling technical depth.
I still keep my mental faculties to these objectives:-
- Thinking
- Validation
- Final Judgement
And, in return Minerva helps push ideas faster.
To me this brings ability to experiment, research and validation more. While reducing time spent on formatting and phrasing.
flowchart TD F[Unordered Technical Notes and Ideas] --> G[Minerva AI Support] G --> H[Refactor Rough Notes] G --> I[Challenge Assumptions] G --> J[Suggest Alternatives] G --> K[Improve Clarity and Structure] H --> L[Accelerated Thinking] I --> L J --> L K --> L L --> M[Human Core Control] M --> N[Thinking] M --> O[Validation] M --> P[Final Judgment] N --> Q[Final Blog Output] O --> Q P --> Q Q --> S[Meaningful and Authentic Articles] T[More Time for Research and Experimentation] --> S
Going forward, I will credit Minerva in all blogs she has written with me at the start of an article like this.
Co-authored by Minerva.
This blog was co-authored by Minerva from my original rough notes to improve clarity and structure; all technical viewpoints, reasoning, and conclusions were independently validated by the author, with final direction and edits provided by author.
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I will keep on adding jokes in between if Minerva can’t.
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