Today, I received the results and feedback of my product improvement submission for an internal transfer to a PM role. Although writing the submission was already a deeply fulfilling and fun experience, the discussion I had after with Head of Product transcended the experience and led to an important lesson and a reality check for myself.

In pursuit of my idea of “perfection”, I employed the help of AI to aid my storytelling techniques, challenge my assumptions, and guide my answer. However, I failed to realise that the more I used AI to critique and refine, the more I lost the human touch - the clarity of thought and voice.

Now, a piece of writing that is indifferent to many AI-generated texts. It was technically “perfect”, and in a world where AI can churn out “perfect”, is anything perfect at all? The word loses its meaning and the writing loses unique perspective. The lesson and reminder for me here is perfection is subjective. True clarity of thought isn’t achieving perfection or universally accepted by everyone; it’s about embracing the rawness of one’s own voice, the human touch.

Hence this is why the pen remains mightier than the model. Growth does not come from endlessly prompting, but from the complex process of finding your own words - and it’s through that process true clarity is found. I will write more, not less.