Author Urges 0 Use of AI Writing as 'Postliterate Age' Accelerates

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 4

A New York Times opinion writer makes an absolute plea against using AI for any writing task—from school papers and work briefs to emails, notes and first drafts.
The argument centers on cognition: writing forces articulation, logic and accountability, while AI acts as a mental shortcut that weakens individual thinking and expression.
The column says the danger is broader than plagiarism, which disclosure can partly address; the deeper risk is a collective erosion of writing, reasoning and creative capacity.
Set against an already documented decline in reading, the author argues AI is speeding society toward a 'postliterate age' in which considered written words carry less value.