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How do I make Why Try AI more useful to you?

Last week, I crossed the 6,000 subscribers mark:

Thank you, truly, for reading, commenting, sharing, and everything in between.

Knowing that my posts resonate with so many people is rewarding and motivating.

At the same time, I’m starting to feel a growing sense of responsibility when choosing what to write about.

Now that thousands of you are opening every email, I want my writing to be motivated by more than whatever topic pops into my head on a given week.

So I’d love to learn more about your interests and expectations.

That’ll help me send you more of what you like and less of what you don’t.

The way to do that? A reader survey!

*Holds for the wild applause to die down*

I know, exciting! Here it is:

The survey has 7 questions and should take just a few minutes.

It’s a great opportunity to let me know exactly what you’d like to see…or stop seeing, for that matter.

But I get it: Doing surveys is nobody’s idea of fun.

Which is why I’m throwing in a bunch of stuff to sweeten the deal:

The stuff to sweeten the deal

First off, three randomly chosen respondents will get a 1-year complimentary paid subscription.

That’s $50 worth of value right there!

(See what’s included.)

But wait, there’s more.

Fellow Substacker

Andrew Smith

of

Goatfury Writes

agreed to throw in three 1-year subscriptions to his Substack along with mine.

Andrew writes posts every single day like an absolute lunatic, and his paywalled archive now has hundreds of insightful and entertaining posts that you can unlock.

But wait-wait, there’s more-more!

Another fellow Substacker

Michael Woudenberg

of

Polymathic Being

wrote a novel called Paradox that features sentient AI and is sitting pretty at 4.9 stars on Amazon.

Ten survey respondents will get a free digital copy of Paradox to stack on their virtual bookshelves.

Hey, look, here’s that survey again:

Choosing the winners

The survey will run for a week.

Next Thursday, May 16, I’ll throw all the respondents into a hat random number generator and end up with 13 winners:

• Three will get 1-year paid subscriptions to Why Try AI and Goatfury Writes.

• Ten more will get the Paradox novel.

I’ll email the winners personally.

So what are you waiting for?

Help me make Why Try AI a better newsletter for you…and maybe even win something while you’re at it: