Why I Write About AI Using AI

Sep 1, 2025

Why I Write About AI Using AI (And Why You Should Too)

The Simple Truth

I'm not doing anything complicated here. Even right now, as I write this, I'm going to paste it into AI and have it turn this into HTML format that I copy and paste into ToyShnip's blog. That's it.

🎯 Why Share This Process?

Because it's so simple that anyone can really do it. I'm not reinventing the wheel or doing complicated work here. Everyone can get access to an AI platform and anyone can do these same experiments the exact same way I did them.

The way I thought of setting up this blog is to show you these simple steps and the results I got from AI. If you want, you can copy these ideas and try them yourself. Feel free to comment with the results you got.

🤔 But Why Post AI-Written Content on a Website?

Well... why not? AI is just another tool I use on this website. If I can do it, any site manager can do it too.

AI-created content has been flooding the internet since the day it was released to the public. The trick is not to just get AI to create content, but to have AI create content with a positive effect on the site it's published on.

The concepts are very simple. Getting good results could be a bit trickier.

🎩 The Penn & Teller Principle

Part 1: The Magic

Penn and Teller show you an impossible trick - a hand impossibly far from the body, waving a handkerchief from inside a sealed box. It looks like pure magic.

Part 2: Behind the Curtain

Then they remove the panels and show you exactly how they did it. Suddenly it's not magic anymore - it's simple, clever technique that anyone could learn.

That's what I'm doing with AI on ToyShnip. The "magic" isn't in keeping secrets about how AI works. The magic is in showing you the simple steps behind the curtain, so you can create your own impossible-looking results.

What I'm doing here is many different simple steps that anyone can do - stuff I learned from others. All I'm doing is showing basic work from behind the scenes.

🛠️ Where Else Do I Use AI on ToyShnip?

Everywhere I could. AI is an amazing tool, so I try to use it to my advantage. Content like this blog is one way, but I also use AI with many other aspects of this website:

Coding - AI writes scripts and fixes bugs
Design - AI helps with layouts and styling
SEO - AI optimizes titles, descriptions, and content
Reporting - AI analyzes data and creates summaries
Marketing - AI writes copy and creates campaigns
Product Information - AI improves descriptions and details

Things I used to do manually, I just have AI do for me now. Shopify + AI can be a crazy combination.

I have so many examples I can give, that if I just feed them to AI, this blog will write itself. Anyone reading and understanding the simplicity of the examples (written of course by AI) will actually prove the point that AI is a powerful tool that can help a small business like ToyShnip.

💡 The Bottom Line

This isn't about being clever or innovative. It's about using basic tools that already exist and actually doing the work. Most people won't even try because they think it's harder than it is. I'm proving it's not.