Writing and Artificial Intelligence
When to Draw the Line With AI as an Authentic Writer
We should be careful not to make AI the boss (because that will turn us into admin staff)
How much AI usage is too much? Do we have a clue? The influx of artificial intelligence writing apps creates a moral dilemma for writers who want to be legitimate. By legitimate, I refer to remaining proper writers rather than giving their creativity to robots.
I’m pretty sure few writers who use modern grammar checkers aren’t questioning how much AI use is over-the-top. How much the app could do amazed me when I used Grammarly Pro. (I don’t anymore). I had a virtual assistant who would “tidy things up” if I wanted.
The tidying up presented was a far cry from my old grammar checker. No one worried that using Grammarly or another app to obliterate spelling and grammar mistakes made them less of a genuine writer.
But when these AI apps improved, we could do so much more with them than before, and the line between machine and writer blurred.
They can rephrase sentences, provide ideas and metaphors, and deliver suggestions that, if accepted, change your original story if you aren’t careful.
