In Praise of Writing (and the Case Against AI)

In Praise of Writing (and the Case Against AI)(jaapgrolleman.com)

2 points by jaapgrolleman 204 days ago | 1 comment

If George Orwell, one of the best essayists, were alive today, he’d be firmly against AI. Not because of 1984 or ‘Big Brother’, but because in ‘Why I Write’, he listed four motives for writing;

- Historical impulse - Political purpose - Aesthetic enthusiasm - Egoism

Neither of these motives survives if you let AI do the writing for you.

jaapgrolleman 204 days ago |

If George Orwell, one of the best essayists, were alive today, he’d be firmly against AI. Not because of 1984 or ‘Big Brother’, but because in ‘Why I Write’, he listed four motives for writing;

- Historical impulse - Political purpose - Aesthetic enthusiasm - Egoism

Neither of these motives survives if you let AI do the writing for you.