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The question can put beads of sweat on an author’s brow.
In 2025, AI transformed many organizations. More than 83% of businesses now rely on it in their daily workflows, and in the United States, over half of adults (54.6%) report using generative AI tools. As adoption accelerates, the controversy over AI in creative work intensifies. There’s widespread concern that efficiency gains may come at the expense of quality and originality.1
On difficult days, a limited partnership with AI can suggest routes around writer’s block. An i-Intern can act as a sounding board, offering quick prompts that spark new directions or highlight fresh possibilities.
The intern’s assistance sometimes, not always, reduces time and increases measurable output. Surveys of creative professionals confirm expanded possibilities in early stage ideation.
Used wisely with human oversight, AI can help sustain momentum when inspiration feels distant.
Algorithms are no substitute for a lived perspective. Journal-published research found that only 6% of AI-generated ideas were judged to be unique, compared with 100% of human-generated ideas.2
An MIT review reported that AI assistance made little difference for writers who were already creative. The generated stories carried an uncanny similarity.3 In the absence of human experience, AI offers synthesis, not vision, and its editorial rigidity flags broken rules that sometimes should be broken.
With or without a partnership, the story belongs to the writer.
All editors at Second Eyes Editorial are human professionals. On average, each brings more than 10 years of experience in editing and publishing to the writers they guide and encourage.
In his tech writing work, George created a chest-high stack of unattributed training and computer manuals for Walt Disney World Co and in consulting assignments across the eastern U.S. He also wrote and published fiction and nonfiction books.
George holds a Poynter ACES Editing certificate. He founded and is Writing Coach at Second Eyes Editorial.
