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Chose a human editor over AI copyediting for my newsletter
I run a small gardening newsletter with about 300 subscribers. Last month I hit a wall editing 6 posts myself, so I tested GrammarlyGo for 2 weeks against my retired English teacher neighbor who charges me $20 per issue. The AI caught typos fast but missed when I called a 'dwarf Alberta spruce' a 'dwarf Alberta space' which changes the meaning entirely. My neighbor caught that plus fixed my comma splices without making the tone robotic. Has anyone else found a specific task where human input still beats algorithms hands down?
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phoenixw111mo ago
That "dwarf Alberta space" mistake is exactly why I still read drafts aloud before publishing anything important.
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nathan9011mo ago
Honestly it's actually "dwarf Alberta spruce" not "space" but yeah I totally get the point. Reading aloud is good but having a human who knows plants catch that kind of stuff is way more reliable than any AI.
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taylorshah1mo ago
300 subscribers is actually decent for a niche newsletter, my mom runs one for local history with half that and she swears by her retired teacher buddy too. @phoenixw11 reading aloud helps but it's not the same as having someone who actually knows the difference between "space" and "spruce" in a garden context, that's a whole other layer of awareness AI just doesn't have yet.
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