Hundreds of think pieces have predicted “The End of Writing” in 2023, thanks to the arrival of generative AI chatbots. Before the digital ink began to dry, the cautionary tales began to roll in. Notable among them: a lawyer asked ChatGPT to write a legal brief in support of his client’s spat with an airline. He filed the brief, failing to notice that the chatbot invented and confidently cited imaginary cases. Ha, ha. So we still need human editors. So far, so funny. Once we’ve heard 100 more such tales, should we conclude: Ho hum?Um—No. Definitely not.The recent warning statement…
Author: Kirkwood Adams
Marit MacArthur
In addition to teaching academic writing, both Kirkwood Adams and Maria Baker have authored multimodal literary texts. They research the impact of digital technology on creative and scholarly writing, and are working on a book about that topic.