This website was created by a human — but without AI assistance, it would be very challenging to read (and write), and I might have given up on the way.

I’ve always struggled to express certain kinds of thoughts — especially those that are emotionally complex or linguistically slippery. I tend to communicate fluently when speaking about topics I’ve mastered, but outside my comfort zone, I do really struggle to communicate. The first difficulty is to structure those rich and complex interlinked thoughts, and then my words to explain them don’t even show up. I heard that it is quite a common experience for many neurodivergent individuals.

Then, something new comes up and I have to integrate it. So I write in iterations and not in linear sentences. When I modify or add something in a place, I end up adjusting several parts of the text elsewhere, which is prone to both writing errors and executive memory issues.

If you’re not neurodivergent, it feels like trying to download a 4K movie on a 2G mobile connection with only one bar of signal — and every time a small change is made to the script, half the scenes need reshooting. Also, the movie that you downloaded might not be the same as the latest revision.

So I used AI as a thought partner, not a substitute. I used it to sort through mixed, sometimes contradictory ideas that I couldn’t untangle alone. I challenged its outputs again and again — until the response made me pause and think: “Yes! That’s what I’ve been trying to say.”

If the result didn’t resonate with at least 95% of what I meant, I tried again. And again. The AI never got defensive. In fact, it sometimes apologised for my own mistakes, gaps, or unclear prompts. That safety helped me get closer to clarity. When there was some vocabulary that I usually don’t use, I tried replacing it myself with a word from my world, and when I had no match, I explored the suggested word and its synonyms and carefully selected which one to use.

I used several models, including local ones and online tools, to get different perspectives. I wrote additional paragraphs myself, restructured others, and used AI to help proofread (you have no idea how often I repeated words twice, made typing errors or basic grammar mistakes after replacing a singular statement to plural). It helped me see my patterns — grammatical, emotional, even cognitive.

I also learned to write better prompts — adding context, asking for gentle motivation, or simple explanations of what the AI understood me to mean. The goal was always to create something honest, not polished. Additionally, my own writing has slightly improved, but I don’t know if it’s because I’m slowly getting more with into the topic or if it’s the writing training exercise.

I didn’t hand over the writing. I didn’t take what I was given without reflection. I iterated, co-built, refined, and rewrote. I skipped the final AI review deliberately — so the last word would be mine.

By doing all this, I don’t feel like an impostor.
I feel like a DJ.