On AI and the Intrinsic Value of Writing
On the first day of writing class, I often begin by asking my students why they want to become more skillful on the page. I pose this question knowing that many of them have enrolled in the course only because our college requires them to do so, and that they are likely motivated by little more than the desire to graduate. Some students will admit as much. The more ambitious, forward-thinking among them may express the sensible hope that writing will help them in their careers.
When I had this introductory conversation with a class” can produce a more grammatically sound, deeply researched, and convincing essay than you can, and is able to do so faster than you ever possibly could, why rely on the machine to do your writing for you?
