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My initial skepticism was rooted in early experiences with so-called "robot writers" in 2012. Back then, AI outputs were laughably poor—garbage in, garbage out. I was adamant that AI couldn't possibly produce the high-quality content needed for serious writing projects. In 2018, I even discussed with Joe Pulizzi, a pioneer in content marketing, who predicted that AI would automate most content creation by 2020. I thought he was overly optimistic; I believed high-quality human writers would remain irreplaceable for decades.