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How I Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Me Research Military Content

Wes O'Donnell
7 min readJul 28, 2023
Not only will AI not kill us all and not steal our jobs, but it’ll keep Mom company in the nursing home so you never have to visit! What a time to be alive. Licensed by the author from Envato Elements.

I typically don’t zoom out and write about, well, writing…

But AI has been such a productivity booster for my work that I feel compelled to share how it has helped me become faster and more accurate with both my research for Medium content and research for consulting work I do.

Let’s jump in.

First, I should note how AI has changed the way I write more generally: I earn money from Medium’s Partner Program, and I am so paranoid about posting any AI-generated content at all that I will often throw ‘slang’ into my writing that an AI would never dream to include.

It’s not a huge problem for me since I normally write as I talk — relaxed and conversational — which gives me a unique voice that my subscribers (hopefully) enjoy.

Still, I just want to ensure that nothing I write can ever be accused of being artificially generated because I’ve begun to rely on the revenue that Medium is bringing in for me.

But AI does have its uses — let’s discuss research for content generation first:

The bulk of my followers and subscribers, about 6.1k as of this writing, primarily follow me for my Ukraine War analysis and my unbridled support of Ukraine’s struggle.

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Wes O'Donnell
Wes O'Donnell

Written by Wes O'Donnell

US Army & US Air Force Veteran | Global Security Writer | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro Democracy | Pro Human | Hates Authoritarians

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