August 9, 2024 AI Can’t Kill Anything Worth Preserving
AI Can’t Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Metadata
- Author: Zettelkasten/People/Austin Kleon
- Full Title: AI Can’t Kill Anything Worth Preserving
- Category: #articles
- Summary:: The author discusses how AI-produced writing lacks human connection and suggests that teaching writing should focus on genuine expression rather than formulaic rules. He emphasizes the importance of valuing the process of writing and connecting with one’s humanity through communication and play. The text encourages readers to consider the role of art in being human and to prioritize experiences that cultivate a sense of humanity over machine-like efficiency.
- URL: https://austinkleon.com/2023/01/12/ai-cant-kill-anything-worth-preserving/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Highlights
- “We made a mistake thinking it was a good thing to train students to write like an algorithm,” he writes. “Now we know we have to undo that mistake.” (View Highlight)
- Some of his suggestions are to “make the work worth doing,” to “value the process, rather than the product,” and to “move away from what an algorithm can do and towards how humans learn and develop.” (View Highlight)
- How you think it is to be a human. (View Highlight)
- Whether you’re into AI or not, it’s worth spending some time honoring what is not machine-like in you. (View Highlight)