The bridge AI-writing builds

From 'Why not normalise use of AI in writing?', by Amit Kumar, assistant professor in the Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh, in The Hindu, August 29, 2026:Whose authority is being protected by that resistance and challenged, if AI writing gets the green signal? With a good research idea and access to advanced AI tools, someone who has never set foot on remotest sites such as Antarctica or the Everest can now produce research that rivals the work of those who spent years in the field. Someone who never became bilingual can now write fluently across languages. Someone who always felt short to sharpen their own prose can now have it handed to them, polished, on a plate. Whose authority does that threaten?The authority of the person who can afford to go to Antarctica and has the opportunity and means to do so is being challenged. Or so the author seems to imply. But it makes no sense to stop there. The person whose authority is really being challenged is the one…