What do you think about ChatGPT?

[Maniac Craniac]

Cautiously optimistic.

ChatGPT won't make writing obsolete anymore than chess bots have made human-vs-human chess games obsolete or robot battles have made combat sports obsolete. These are all endeavors made by humans for humans, and it will always matter to humans that humans are the ones performing.

What it does do is cause us to have to re-think the "why" of what we do and from there we find the what and how. Of course, I die a little inside thinking of how much easier it will be for liars and cheaters to prosper, but I also look forward to seeing how the honest and earnest will set themselves apart. Writing isn't like solving math problems. Writing creates a relationship between the writer and the audience. Maybe ChatGPT can one day write the "perfect" song or the perfect poem, but so what? AI isn't experiencing anything, isn't expressing anything and doesn't understand anything. Writing will always matter to writers and reading what writers write will always matter to readers.