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Tyler Cowen, an economist and writer, talks with me about how AI is changing writing and research. He explains a practical approach to using AI tools while maintaining your own voice. He explains the ways he incorporates LLMs into his daily work. We talk about how people will be writing fewer books in the future and how he believes truly human writing will stand out among AI-generated content. Enjoy!Redeem your free week of Lex at https://lex.page/perell0:00 Intro1:00 How Tyler Cowen uses AI everyday6:06 Hallucinations are rapidly declining now9:28 Writing authentically with AI11:34 AI for critiquing your work17:29 Future of decentralized AI networks20:34 How and why DeepSeek22:21 How AI changes writing24:04 Why there will be less books in an AI era26:34 Video content will rise28:17 Start Writing with AI [LEX AD]29:18 AI Writing a personal biography30:46 How you can tactically learning about AI37:12 How AI can help you visualize information38:31 Creating the perfect AI prompt42:10 AI's impact in the classroom46:56 Studying The Bible with AI49:11 Secrets50:10 Why social networks are more important now51:48 Mastering AI prompting53:58 Mentoring young people54:49 Would you invest 4 years in a PhD59:59 Perplexity replaces Google01:01:09 The different AI tools, explained01:05:43 The potential of large context windows01:08:11 AI usage inside companiesI also made a website that helps you learn from the best writing of all-time: https://writingexamples.com/Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.Follow me Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices