Lesson 21: Own the idea and the final result

Tianyu Xu closes the course with one clear line: using AI for your posts is fine, as long as the idea comes from you. You decide how much help to take. The strongest approach is to write or dictate the thinking yourself, then let AI polish the copy or check the grammar.

What you should avoid is taking your ideas from AI. Large language models are trained on similar data in similar ways, so when hundreds of people ask them for ideas, the results start to look alike. Your own experience is what keeps your content distinct. Tianyu ends by returning to the three questions behind every post: does it stop the scroll, does it make people stay, and does it prompt an action?

Reflection Activity / Action Item: Complete your course project. Bring together four pieces: a clear profile statement, one piece of visible proof of your work, one useful conversation you have started or continued, and one post you have reviewed with the Stop, Stay, Act test.