Hey, I read this article where a writer tested AI on his own writing. He said the AI version was better than his!

Really? That must have been strange for him! I can see why it might feel unsettling. AI is getting very good at writing.

Yeah, he was kind of shocked. He felt like his own writing was… almost unnecessary compared to what AI could do.

I get that. AI can polish sentences and make writing clear, but it raises a big question. If AI does all the writing, what happens to our own skills and creativity?

Exactly! The writer even said he avoided testing the AI on his whole book because he didn’t want to see the results. He felt like it would be better than his work.

That makes sense. I think a lot of writers would feel the same way. Writing is hard work, and it takes thinking and creativity. If AI takes over, we might lose those skills.

He talked about students using AI too. He said almost half of them use it to help with writing now.

Yes, I saw that too. Some students use AI to make drafts or paraphrase text. It’s convenient, but if they rely too much on it, they might miss out on learning how to think deeply and express ideas on their own.

Right. He even mentioned how writing made him smarter over the years because it forced him to think clearly.

Exactly! Writing is a way of practicing clear thinking. Paul Graham, a computer scientist, said something similar — writing well is hard because clear thinking is hard.

So, if we skip the hard work and just let AI do it, our brains could get lazy.

Yes, like the saying, ‘If you don’t use it, you lose it.’ If we stop writing, we might lose the mental ‘muscle’ needed to write well.

That’s kind of scary. I don’t want to lose my ability to think clearly just because AI can do it for me.

Me neither. AI can be a great tool, but I think we need to use it carefully. It should help us, not replace the effort we put into thinking and creating.

So maybe the answer is to use AI to improve our writing, but not to let it do everything for us.

Exactly. AI can polish our ideas, but we should still do the hard work of coming up with those ideas ourselves. That way, we keep our skills sharp.

Good point! I’ll keep that in mind next time I use AI for my writing. I want to keep my creativity alive.

Same here. It’s all about balance. AI can be a great assistant, but we need to make sure we’re still in control of our own thinking and creativity.