I write because I have something to say that no one has the patience to listen to without interrupting.
I write on Medium because I discovered that people here "listen", which even one clap indicates to me that they've "heard" me. Views are OK. It's like listening while doing some mindless task. Reads are like listening while gazing into the speaker's eyes.
I've heard enough about AI, ChatGPT in particular, to make me cautious about using it even for research. It might be OK for idea generation. Anything I write will be ME.