The article reflects on the encroachment of AI tools on the writing profession, particularly as they are now used to grade student papers and even assist in novel writing. It laments the loss of authentic human connection in literature, suggesting that while AI can generate content indistinguishable from human writing, it fails to capture the essential relationship between writers and readers. The author urges resistance against allowing machines to dominate the creative space, emphasizing the vulnerability of humanistic values in the face of technological advancement.
Now, professors turn to AI tools to grade papers written by ChatGPT, exposing the rot at the core of the liberal-arts-degree factory.
Writers and readers need each other, even though we are historically terrible at sniffing one another out.
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