5 Ways AI Can Help You Create Quality Content in 10 Minutes or Less

Write an article while taking a walk, generate 5 social posts from any article, and 3 other ways to use AI to create content fast

This post was co-written with Charlie Guo who has a great AI newsletter.

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Dear subscribers,

Today, I want to share how you can use AI to create quality content in <10 minutes.

Whether it’s an article, podcast, or video — great content takes time to create. Here are 5 ways to use AI to turn hours into minutes:

1. Write an article while taking a walk

2. Edit a transcript with a single prompt

3. Create 5 social posts from any article

4. Film a talking head video from a script

5. Generate 10+ viral clips from a video

All of the AI tools that we cover below are free to use. Let’s dive in.

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1. Write an article while taking a walk

Use AI to write a first draft while taking a walk in the woods

I used to sit in front of my laptop looking at a blank page wondering what to write. Now, I can use AI to help me write the first draft while walking outside.

Here’s how:

1. Sign up for Superwhisper (iOS) or AudioPen. I prefer Superwhisper because it lets you download a LLM to your phone to use offline.

2. Go outside, hit record, and just start rambling.

3. AI will produce a cleaned-up transcript that you can then edit manually or copy into ChatGPT / Claude to edit further.

The first time that your phone summarizes all your random thoughts into a coherent article feels like magic — give it a try yourself!

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2. Edit a transcript with a single prompt

I used to manually edit an interview transcript into a written article. Now I use AI to do a first pass and save hours.

Here’s how:

1. Open Claude (ChatGPT doesn’t work well here due to limited context and recall).

2. Copy and paste this prompt along with your raw interview transcript:

You’re an amazing transcript editor. Your goal is to help me clean up the attached raw interview transcript to publish via a newsletter.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please follow the steps below carefully:

1. Remove filler words, false starts, and redundancies to streamline the text.

2. Do NOT cut words or sentences unnecessarily. It should be a light pass edit.

3. Use my edited transcript example below as a guide.

EXAMPLE

(Paste in your edited transcript here)

Here’s an example from a recent interview:

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While creating this guide, I also updated my favorite AI tools, prompts, and GPTs for April 2024. It’s available for paid subscribers here:

My Favorite AI Tools, Prompts, and GPTs in One Place (April 2024)

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3. Create 5 social posts from any article

I used to manually write social posts based on my long-form articles. Now I can use AI to get ideas for 5 social posts in a few minutes.

Here’s how:

1. Open ChatGPT or Claude

2. Copy and paste this prompt along with your long-form article (note that I avoid prompting AI about “social posts” to steer clear of emojis and cringe):