Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’
From very early on, writers have seen their craft as something more than just putting words to a page. From Enheduanna, the first named author on record, to Plato and Aristotle, writing has been portrayed and defined in ways that suggest AI may not be “writing” at all. If not, what should we call AI text?
USC Dornsife writing professor Ryan Leack considers what ancient authors would have thought of AI writing and proposes a new term for this form of text.
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