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ChatGPT cannot write

Why couldn't ChatGPT turn us into bionic writers, capable of producing more words better and faster?

I'll tell you why not. Because ChatGPT cannot write. Generating syntax is not the same thing as writing. Writing is an embodied act of thinking and feeling. Writing is communicating with intention. Yes, the existence of a product at the end of the process is an indicator that writing has happened, but by itself, it does not define what writing is or what it means to the writer or the audience for that writing.

— John Warner, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI