Why AI Cannot Replace Writers
The ever-growing curiosity and fascination around Artificial Intelligence tools is understandable, and so are the divided opinions on the usage of these tools. After all, there’s a fine line between smart shortcuts and actual deception. Lately, I’ve had a bunch of people tell me how AI will replace writers in the times to come…and I have a bunch of reasons to put these speculations to rest.
AI for the Better
Here’s what AI tools are: shortcuts to help you with time-consuming tasks.
Here’s what AI tools are NOT: creators, thinkers and innovators.
ChatGPT and their friends could very well do in a few seconds what would potentially take hours or days for us humans — research, data compilation, copy and email writing from existing online templates, code writing and basically, assistance-led tasks. It’s safe to say, AI tools were created to assist humans and not to create a piece of work. These tools simply gather excerpts from existing information on the internet and do not have the capability to produce content (so far, at least). So if you are using AI to create something new, um, that could be borderline plagiarism.
