This taps into a very timely and layered conversation that deeply concerns me: the tension between technological advancement and human creativity, particularly in writing.
Bad writers have suddenly become good due to AI, and professional writers have begun to feel the heat. If I had cited a data to support my opinion (OPINION,) it would have been weightier. But it’s clear that companies are tossing out professional writers because AI-powered tools are quicker, more accurate, less costly. Writers do know that AI tools can’t replicate the human element – the feel and warmth of true emotions. They know in their bones that there’s an important difference between human feeling and human-like feeling – but most readers don’t care. So are such outpourings unsurprising? Though I denounce it, I feel that disability, in this instance, seems to have accidentally been caught in the crossfire. Opinions are personal! Shadab On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM anirudh rao <[email protected]> wrote: > rather than judging whether it is right or wrong, it seems like > purposefully being a devil's advocate for me. > The question here is not the use of technology for writing which is a > technology in itself but, specifically AI. > How much control do we really have on AI not rephrasing our actual > thoughts which is our original and how much of our originality is lost in > rephrasing? > As the AI models are trained on the external data, is it not plagiarism in > some way to use them for our writing and claim that we write our own? > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> Lately, I am observing this disturbing trend on X (Twitter), where the >> writing community is acting so puritanically, using its collective >> arrogance to put down anyone using AI. As I opened the platform this >> morning sipping my regular cup of tea, I found a writer asking why people >> should use AI to compose a tweet? “Can’t they write even that?” was his >> question. >> >> >> >> It annoyed me so badly that I replied with unusual fury. >> >> >> >> *“What if the user has Cerebral Palsy? What if he or she cannot hold >> their fingers steady to type on a touchpad? Should they always post their >> tweets with typos to prove that they are not using AI? Stop being >> condescending. I wish the world is as neat, as perfect, and as able as you >> imagine, but unfortunately it is not.”* >> >> >> >> I am not sure if I should have exploded the way I did, but it annoys me >> to no end when people sneer at someone who they think uses technology >> because they are less capable as writers. Probably because it hits closer >> to home. >> >> >> >> I frequently point out to people that I have been a writer for >> twenty-five years (and I have written without AI). I am totally blind and >> use laptops and smartphones with screen readers. I used to put out tweets >> and social media posts with typos because the screen reader may not read >> something properly or the platform itself could be so frustratingly >> inaccessible for my screen reader. But with AI, I find a way to post a >> tweet that reads clean. >> >> >> >> Rather than focusing on what I say, they are worried about what tools I >> use to say it, which is none of anyone’s business, so long as I do not >> openly copy or plagiarise, which I do not do or approve. >> >> >> >> If the use of technology is your problem, we have been using some form of >> writing assistance for centuries. The dictionary gives us the meaning of a >> word. Will it be a fair argument if I say that you should write without a >> dictionary because it somehow helps you write better? What about >> spellcheckers? How many times do you notice the red line below the word or >> sentence you type and click to correct it? >> >> >> >> Funnily enough, people even approve of tools like Grammarly and Hemingway >> but have a problem with AI. They should realise that no “writer” worth his >> or her salt would copy-paste stuff from AI. If they do, they are not >> writers but feel the need to communicate for purposes other than merely >> writing. This is how technology democratises writing, whether we like it or >> not. >> >> >> >> I am happy that those writing on platforms like Substack are at least not >> snobbish and come with a genuine interest in understanding AI and adapting >> it to their work. >> >> >> >> P.S.: This is composed entirely without AI because I am able to sit >> comfortably at my writing station with the laptop on and the best keyboard >> I can use without worrying about hurting my fingers. This will not always >> be the case when I feel like putting out a tweet or responding to someone. >> >> >> >> *What about you? How has your experience been while using AI tools as a >> blind content creator or communicator? I would love to hear your thoughts.* >> >> >> >> Subramani >> >> -- >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. 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