for someone who derives so much joy in writing, am I not cheating myself by submitting that power to something else?
Nailed it! Yes! I think @dbooster says something simliar below (just about to read his). We get pleasure in the struggle of creating, a sense of a job well done, and we learn and grow through it. When we submit that power to Chat GTP, we're just giving over something we are meant to do as human beings. Where does that leave us, emotionally, psychologicallY?