The Written Word is Not Vanishing. It Is Being Reassigned
For most of human history, writing was slow, scarce, and authoritative. To write was to fix meaning in place, and to read was to accept that fixation as a serious act. Digital networks loosened that authority by making text cheap and abundant. Generative AI finishes the job by removing human effort as the primary constraint on producing words. Once that happens, writing can no longer derive its value from the act of production itself. Its value must come […]