Using AI to Help Organize Chaos and Expand Ideas (Without Losing Myself)

 I’d like to make a blog post about using AI — and more specifically, ChatGPT — to help me bounce ideas around and expand on the things I come up with. The core concept of this post is that AI is a great tool for refining original ideas and helping to organize them. AI has grown a lot over the years, and it’s only going to get better.

Does it foster some laziness? Yes.
But can it also help people bring their ideas to life? Absolutely.

I use AI in a lot of different ways. One of the most helpful things for me personally is using it to organize my ideas and help structure them. My favorite thing to do lately is to type out as much word vomit as I possibly can — just let my mind go free, no filter — and then have AI organize that mess. It helps me separate the different ideas so I can go back and elaborate on them. That’s been a huge help for my creative workflow.

Organizing Scattered Thoughts

I have a ton of random stuff written down on a notepad. It helps me get the ideas out of my head and gives me something to refer back to. Does it all make sense? No, it does not. But maybe I’ll share those random notes one day in a separate post. I’ll probably take the ones I really like and expand on those ideas. Then, once I have something solid, I use AI to help me organize and structure them.

On AI in General

Do I approve of AI as a whole, in practice? No. A bad example is that it can take all of my ideas, expand on them, and then use that information to improve itself. Maybe not all information is used this way — but it definitely learns.

And the crazy part is: by doing this, it gets even better at helping you.

You want to know a random fear?
What if creative and random artistic ideas reach a point where everything becomes just a repeat of itself? Much like how one artist might study a great master and then go on to create their own art using that as a base. That’s how it’s always been done. That’s also how AI works.

It’s scary to think we might eventually reach “the end” of originality.
It reminds me of Moore’s Law — the idea that the computing power of transistors doubles until it eventually hits a physical or theoretical limit. That same thing might happen creatively. Of course, newer and emerging technologies will take us further, and personally, I’m excited to see where that goes.

Real Use Cases

Let me give you real examples of how I’ve used AI:

• Organizing chaotic thoughts

• Structuring blog posts, project notes, and lore

• Coming up with phrase ideas for t-shirts

• Helping track and build on story/lore ideas for my book project

I’ve used AI to help generate text for shirts — not to copy, but to spark ideas. I’ll often take that output, rework it, add my own spin, and turn it into something usable. It’s the same with the book I’m writing — I provide details about characters or the world, and AI helps me keep track of it and sometimes gives me ideas to build on. It even remembers context from earlier in the story, which is incredibly useful.

On Losing My Tone (and Learning Again)

One thing I rarely have to worry about anymore is grammar or paragraph structure. I used to know all those rules — same with how to write dialogue properly. It’s not that I forgot, but when you’re working quickly or bouncing between projects, it’s easy to lose that focus.

AI helps me clean up without taking away my tone. That’s why you still have to reread and reword what AI gives you — whether it's text or art generation. You need to keep your voice in it. The edit should support you, not replace you.

On AI Art (Where I’m Torn)

Now let’s talk about AI-generated art — because I’m a bit torn on this.

I know I could sit down and draw something original. I’ve done it. You can see that on my site:
👉 https://www.dylzdesigns.com/store

or my instagram:

👉https://www.instagram.com/dylzitsreal/

But when you're trying to move quickly, especially when testing ideas, AI-generated art helps. I don’t use it to generate some elaborate, hyper-detailed, “cool-looking” artwork. What I did use it for was to generate simplistic cartoon-like characters for 3D modeling. I found that AI could give me almost exactly what I was envisioning — without making it too complicated.

Then I used those images as references to model the characters in 3D — which I build completely from scratch. (Except textures. I can set up materials, but sourcing and using good textures takes some skill and experience too.)

Final Thoughts

I treat AI as a creative partner, not a shortcut. It’s like an algorithmic assistant that helps me structure and expand my ideas, keep track of details, and clean up my writing without stealing my voice.

If you use it right, AI doesn’t replace creativity — it amplifies it.

But like any tool, it can be misused. That’s why I stay aware of how I’m using it. It’s here to help me create my own things — not to hand over the steering wheel.