Human Routers of Machine Words

The author argues that using AI to write content is intellectually dishonest and counterproductive, rejecting the claim that "ideas are mine, the writing is AI's." They contend that the act of writing itself is essential to developing and refining ideas—transforming vague mental concepts into precise, communicable form—and that outsourcing this process prevents the author from discovering contradictions and weaknesses in their own thinking. By delegating writing to AI, the author suggests, people abdicate the cognitive work necessary for genuine intellectual development.