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by ibejoeb 97 days ago
That's a tiny fraction. Most people write because they're told to write.
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Are you talking about children or students? I think most people write because they want to communicate.
Children and young students, certainly. Adult students: almost 100%. If writing is your job, then by definition, and your problem is more often finding something to say, not writing it.
You’re not counting all the office workers who have to write reports or emails, or all the scammers who write those websites to manipulate SEO or show you ads.
If you fall into the camp of office workings needing to write reports or emails, maybe think twice about putting your name on AI garbage.
Everyone should think twice about putting their name on AI garbage, or garbage of any kind. But wishing doesn’t stop it from happening, especially when companies are explicitly selling you on doing just that. Remember the Apple Intelligence office ads?