> The differential value of being better at putting words in a row just dropped to nothing. Anyone can now put words in a row pretty much as well as I can.
This seems like a wild misrepresentation of what being a writer is. Writers communicate ideas. Their ideas. Clearly. They can use a pencil, a typewriter, write in French, use pictographs, use a spell checker, use ChatGPT, hire a ghostwriter. If you’re really a writer, all that matters is the end result and I can guarantee you that people who use ChatGPT thinking it will put words in a row will be able to generate a million stupid articles a day, but those people won’t be “writers.”
Also, I still maintain that I can communicate ideas significantly faster by just typing them than by using a tool like ChatGPT. When the ideas are clear, the writing is easy. It’s one of the fundamental powers of writing: It can almost move at the speed of thought.
This seems like a wild misrepresentation of what being a writer is. Writers communicate ideas. Their ideas. Clearly. They can use a pencil, a typewriter, write in French, use pictographs, use a spell checker, use ChatGPT, hire a ghostwriter. If you’re really a writer, all that matters is the end result and I can guarantee you that people who use ChatGPT thinking it will put words in a row will be able to generate a million stupid articles a day, but those people won’t be “writers.”
Also, I still maintain that I can communicate ideas significantly faster by just typing them than by using a tool like ChatGPT. When the ideas are clear, the writing is easy. It’s one of the fundamental powers of writing: It can almost move at the speed of thought.