+ Both Hands Full

Story arc · Dread -> Working partnership

Louise.

Writer. Laid off from Brown University. Reinventing herself.

A colleague who has their problems but actually comes up with great ideas.

Case study

From dread to teammate. Not a replacement, not a savior — a colleague with limits. Holding both critique and curiosity is the only honest way to describe what AI actually is in her workflow.

Louise gives the talk its most practical middle ground. The tool is neither magic nor enemy. It is a difficult colleague: sometimes useful, sometimes wrong, always requiring judgment.

That framing gives writers a way to stay sovereign. You can accept help without surrendering authorship, and you can reject output without pretending the tool has nothing to offer.

Practice the move

Name What You See

Practice precise language instead of vague praise, dread, or dismissal.

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