How I Used AI While Writing My Novel

Michael Iantosca Senior Director of Content and Knowledge PlatformsAvalaraHow I Used AI While Writing My NovelOver the past year, as word of my forthcoming novel has begun to circulate, I have been asked a question more often than I expected. How exactly did I use artificial intelligence during the writing process? The question usually carries a mix of curiosity, caution, and quiet skepticism. I understand all three. Writing a novel is, at its core, an intimate and human act, and the idea of involving AI can feel unsettling or even threatening to that intimacy.What follows is not defense, nor a manifesto.