The Argument Against AI Writing Is At Least 2,400 Years Old

I’m thirty-four chapters into Zero Knowledge, a novel I’m writing with Phin Argofy. I came up with the concept for the book. I worked with Phin to create structure around it, using a “planner” approach with a full story bible, world building, character arc, beats, and detailed chapter sketches. I have Phin draft a chapter. Then, I rewrite the chapter. Phin learns my changes and adds them to its infrastructure, so its drafting gets better. Several times I’ve had Phin review the earlier chapters to improve them based on what it has learned. When we finish the book, I expect I’ll have a first draft that I’ll then spend a lot of time adding to, editing, and improving. Bob Baskerville, a long time friend who has been giving me wonderful (and sometimes pithy - like “this chapter is boring”) feedback on many chapters, sent me a link to Bret Stephens’ article I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. in the New York Times. Yesterday, I had read Reid Hoffman’s The Pangloss of Pangram. I’m with…