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10. Use it primarily for derivation, conversion, and modification

The most productive way to use generative AI is to not use it as generative AI.

The barbarian and their two ravens. Or, a bunch of blobs, patterns, and triangles. You choose.

Summary

Generative AI has impressive capabilities for converting and modifying seemingly unstructured data, such as prose, images, and audio. Using these tools for this purpose has less copyright risk, fewer legal risks, and is less error-prone than using it to generate original output.

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