After publishing my last post, I asked Claude what it thought about it, using the “reflective blog post” prompt I’ve been developing. It appears that we have some more work to do, indeed.
Claude reviewed my post in terms of:
- Authenticity
- Professional stakes and relevance
- Voice and intellectual honesty
- Process documentation quality
- Factual accuracy
- Overall assessment
Basically, I got a report card from my mechanical English teacher. Let’s see how I fared…
Authenticity
Evaluates whether the uncertainty and professional challenges feel genuine rather than manufactured for content purposes.
Let’s see what my strengths in Authenticity are, according to Claude:
- Genuine uncertainty: The author demonstrates real ambivalence about AI collaboration without rushing toward resolution (“I’m not ready to abandon my AI-overlord, er, I mean co-writer, just yet”)
- Honest stakes: Clear professional and personal impact – less satisfaction, feeling like work, questioning writing identity
- Specific observations: Concrete details about the back-and-forth editing process, watching drafts transform, losing sense of accomplishment
- Temporal authenticity: Uses present-tense investigation language (“What I think this really means…”) and frames conclusions as provisional
OK. So far, so good. What does Claude think I need to work on?
- Limited process transparency: Doesn’t show systematic methodology for investigating this challenge beyond informal reflection
- Missing specifics: Could benefit from more concrete examples of the “soul removal” process or specific editing exchanges
Perhaps. However, I’m not convinced those are appropriate in a reflection paper. It could be that we have a difference of opinion on what a reflection paper should include. Or, perhaps, adding more of this information would make it stronger. In retrospect, I think I’m still figuring out those aspects of my writing, so I’m still not quite sure what to say about them.
I’ll give Claude credit for identifying some inner workings that I need to process.
Professional stakes and relevance
Examines how clearly the article demonstrates real workflow impact and broader applicability to others in the field.
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