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Blog post 2

Stephen Marche argues that A.I. is changing writing, but not in the way the world perceives it, I.e writers being replaced completely, instead it’s a mix of human ideas with the help of A.I. He likens the process to collaboration. Writers are no longer just writing solely on their own, instead they guide, edit and shape what A.I. produces. He also says that writing is becoming more about curation; picking what works and making it better, like hip hop producers who take existing beats or sounds, and remix them into something new. Additionally, A.I. is good at copying the writing styles of certain authors, but it’s not good at building strong stories, so human skill is still necessary to plan and shape the writing. He also states, creativity was already based on copying and repeating ideas before A.I., so A.I doesn’t ruin originality it just proves that creativity has always been somewhat derivative. I see his perspective because A.I isn’t taking over writing completely, instead it’s shifting the writer’s role in a sense. However, with that being said, writers still need strong skills, like understanding good writing, because without those skills the end product will be predictable.