Nick Quick
@nickquick.bsky.social
I speak AI.
I'll teach you how to make it write shit you actually care about.
→ https://open.substack.com/pub/nickquick
I'll teach you how to make it write shit you actually care about.
→ https://open.substack.com/pub/nickquick
7/7
The result? AI content that doesn't just mimic your words—it replicates your entire thinking architecture.
Not perfect writing, but perfectly YOU writing. bsky.app/profile/nick...
The result? AI content that doesn't just mimic your words—it replicates your entire thinking architecture.
Not perfect writing, but perfectly YOU writing. bsky.app/profile/nick...
1/7
Your AI writing assistant sounds robotic because you're feeding it your most boring self.
Your AI writing assistant sounds robotic because you're feeding it your most boring self.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
7/7
The result? AI content that doesn't just mimic your words—it replicates your entire thinking architecture.
Not perfect writing, but perfectly YOU writing. bsky.app/profile/nick...
The result? AI content that doesn't just mimic your words—it replicates your entire thinking architecture.
Not perfect writing, but perfectly YOU writing. bsky.app/profile/nick...
6/7
Step 4: Feed these chaotic samples to your AI and test with increasingly strange prompts.
When it starts making YOUR kind of weird connections, it's working.
Step 4: Feed these chaotic samples to your AI and test with increasingly strange prompts.
When it starts making YOUR kind of weird connections, it's working.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
6/7
Step 4: Feed these chaotic samples to your AI and test with increasingly strange prompts.
When it starts making YOUR kind of weird connections, it's working.
Step 4: Feed these chaotic samples to your AI and test with increasingly strange prompts.
When it starts making YOUR kind of weird connections, it's working.
5/7
Step 3: Identify your "micro-behavioral clusters"—the strange patterns unique to your thinking.
My AI recognized my habit of making bizarre 90s cartoon references mid-explanation.
Step 3: Identify your "micro-behavioral clusters"—the strange patterns unique to your thinking.
My AI recognized my habit of making bizarre 90s cartoon references mid-explanation.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
5/7
Step 3: Identify your "micro-behavioral clusters"—the strange patterns unique to your thinking.
My AI recognized my habit of making bizarre 90s cartoon references mid-explanation.
Step 3: Identify your "micro-behavioral clusters"—the strange patterns unique to your thinking.
My AI recognized my habit of making bizarre 90s cartoon references mid-explanation.
4/7
Step 2: Write without stopping.
Let every weird tangent, half-baked metaphor, and questionable joke flow freely.
This isn't good writing—it's perfect training data.
Step 2: Write without stopping.
Let every weird tangent, half-baked metaphor, and questionable joke flow freely.
This isn't good writing—it's perfect training data.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
4/7
Step 2: Write without stopping.
Let every weird tangent, half-baked metaphor, and questionable joke flow freely.
This isn't good writing—it's perfect training data.
Step 2: Write without stopping.
Let every weird tangent, half-baked metaphor, and questionable joke flow freely.
This isn't good writing—it's perfect training data.
3/7
Step 1: Pick absurd prompts that short-circuit your normal thought patterns.
"Write a user manual for teleportation written by a frustrated DMV employee."
Step 1: Pick absurd prompts that short-circuit your normal thought patterns.
"Write a user manual for teleportation written by a frustrated DMV employee."
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
3/7
Step 1: Pick absurd prompts that short-circuit your normal thought patterns.
"Write a user manual for teleportation written by a frustrated DMV employee."
Step 1: Pick absurd prompts that short-circuit your normal thought patterns.
"Write a user manual for teleportation written by a frustrated DMV employee."
2/7
Let me introduce the Shadow Self Technique: instead of training AI on your polished work, train it on the chaos happening BEFORE you edit yourself.
Let me introduce the Shadow Self Technique: instead of training AI on your polished work, train it on the chaos happening BEFORE you edit yourself.
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
2/7
Let me introduce the Shadow Self Technique: instead of training AI on your polished work, train it on the chaos happening BEFORE you edit yourself.
Let me introduce the Shadow Self Technique: instead of training AI on your polished work, train it on the chaos happening BEFORE you edit yourself.
8/8
In a world where AI Slop will soon be everywhere, your weird mental architecture is your only true differentiator.
Don't sanitize it—weaponize it. bsky.app/profile/nick...
In a world where AI Slop will soon be everywhere, your weird mental architecture is your only true differentiator.
Don't sanitize it—weaponize it. bsky.app/profile/nick...
1/8
I spent months trying to get AI to write like me.
The results were always... fine.
Technically correct but spiritually vacant—like a robot wearing my clothes.
I spent months trying to get AI to write like me.
The results were always... fine.
Technically correct but spiritually vacant—like a robot wearing my clothes.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
8/8
In a world where AI Slop will soon be everywhere, your weird mental architecture is your only true differentiator.
Don't sanitize it—weaponize it. bsky.app/profile/nick...
In a world where AI Slop will soon be everywhere, your weird mental architecture is your only true differentiator.
Don't sanitize it—weaponize it. bsky.app/profile/nick...
7/8
Most training focuses on replicating results.
This approach focuses on replicating thought processes.
Most training focuses on replicating results.
This approach focuses on replicating thought processes.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
7/8
Most training focuses on replicating results.
This approach focuses on replicating thought processes.
Most training focuses on replicating results.
This approach focuses on replicating thought processes.
6/8
That's what the Shadow Self Technique captures: not just WHAT you say, but HOW your mind works when generating ideas.
That's what the Shadow Self Technique captures: not just WHAT you say, but HOW your mind works when generating ideas.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
6/8
That's what the Shadow Self Technique captures: not just WHAT you say, but HOW your mind works when generating ideas.
That's what the Shadow Self Technique captures: not just WHAT you say, but HOW your mind works when generating ideas.
5/8
Think about your favorite writers.
You don't just recognize their conclusions—you recognize how they ARRIVE at them. The unexpected connections. The reliable unreliability.
Think about your favorite writers.
You don't just recognize their conclusions—you recognize how they ARRIVE at them. The unexpected connections. The reliable unreliability.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
5/8
Think about your favorite writers.
You don't just recognize their conclusions—you recognize how they ARRIVE at them. The unexpected connections. The reliable unreliability.
Think about your favorite writers.
You don't just recognize their conclusions—you recognize how they ARRIVE at them. The unexpected connections. The reliable unreliability.
4/8
These "shadow" communications contain your real cognitive fingerprints: your sentence rhythm, idea connections, humor patterns, and conceptual shortcuts.
These "shadow" communications contain your real cognitive fingerprints: your sentence rhythm, idea connections, humor patterns, and conceptual shortcuts.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
4/8
These "shadow" communications contain your real cognitive fingerprints: your sentence rhythm, idea connections, humor patterns, and conceptual shortcuts.
These "shadow" communications contain your real cognitive fingerprints: your sentence rhythm, idea connections, humor patterns, and conceptual shortcuts.
3/8
Your authentic voice isn't in your professional work. It's in your:
- Rambling voice notes to yourself
- Texts to close friends
- Unhinged 3am thoughts
- First drafts you'd never show anyone
Your authentic voice isn't in your professional work. It's in your:
- Rambling voice notes to yourself
- Texts to close friends
- Unhinged 3am thoughts
- First drafts you'd never show anyone
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
3/8
Your authentic voice isn't in your professional work. It's in your:
- Rambling voice notes to yourself
- Texts to close friends
- Unhinged 3am thoughts
- First drafts you'd never show anyone
Your authentic voice isn't in your professional work. It's in your:
- Rambling voice notes to yourself
- Texts to close friends
- Unhinged 3am thoughts
- First drafts you'd never show anyone
2/8
The problem wasn't the AI.
The problem was what I was feeding it: my published, edited, sanitized writing.
Precisely the stuff least representative of how I actually think.
The problem wasn't the AI.
The problem was what I was feeding it: my published, edited, sanitized writing.
Precisely the stuff least representative of how I actually think.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
2/8
The problem wasn't the AI.
The problem was what I was feeding it: my published, edited, sanitized writing.
Precisely the stuff least representative of how I actually think.
The problem wasn't the AI.
The problem was what I was feeding it: my published, edited, sanitized writing.
Precisely the stuff least representative of how I actually think.
6/6
The lesson? Your weirdness isn't something to edit out of your AI training—it's precisely what you should be emphasizing.
Your strange cognitive paths are your authentic signature. bsky.app/profile/nick...
The lesson? Your weirdness isn't something to edit out of your AI training—it's precisely what you should be emphasizing.
Your strange cognitive paths are your authentic signature. bsky.app/profile/nick...
1/6
Confession: I accidentally discovered the Shadow Self Technique after staying up 36 hours creating a workshop presentation and completely losing my filter.
Confession: I accidentally discovered the Shadow Self Technique after staying up 36 hours creating a workshop presentation and completely losing my filter.
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
6/6
The lesson? Your weirdness isn't something to edit out of your AI training—it's precisely what you should be emphasizing.
Your strange cognitive paths are your authentic signature. bsky.app/profile/nick...
The lesson? Your weirdness isn't something to edit out of your AI training—it's precisely what you should be emphasizing.
Your strange cognitive paths are your authentic signature. bsky.app/profile/nick...