John Warner argues ChatGPT should kill the student essay
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- John Warner's new book opens from the premise that 'ChatGPT cannot write' and that generating syntax is not the same thing as writing.
- Warner argues generative AI tools not only can kill the student essay but should, because those assignments don't demand the real work of writing.
- Published by Basic Books at 320 pages, the edition is newly updated with practical resources for teachers and students.
"ChatGPT cannot write. Generating syntax is not the same thing as writing." That is the thesis John Warner builds his book around in More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI, published by Basic Books.
Warner is unusually direct about the classroom. Generative AI tools, he writes, "not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing." Writing, in his framing, is a "fully embodied experience that requires thinking and feeling," and "processing text is ultimately not the same as writing."
Warner's earlier books include "Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities" and "The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing." The 320-page edition on sale is "newly updated with practical resources for teachers and students."
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