“What happens to writing when the production of prose no longer guarantees the presence of a mind behind what’s written?” James O’Sullivan, Psyche.co, 29/05/2026
Then James answers with: “Writing has always asked of the person who does it: a willingness to stand behind words, to mean them, and to accept the consequences of having claimed to have written them.”
James puts accountability at the heart of writing (even when it’s not public). That’s what separates the AI writing. He argues that anyone can publish a piece, but can they stand behind every word it generates? Also, how to evaluate the output yourself when you don’t understand the written prose. You know there is nobody behind who spent time thinking thoroughly and decided on those words.
I still think it won’t matter who wrote some text as long as it’s valuable.
Related Note(s):
- In the LLM age, why do we even bother to write? What is it that matters? Source(s): We’ll soon find out what is truly special about human writing by James O’Sullivan
