I have a hunch that there are lots of people out there for whom the ability to have a computer help them write is a massively valuable thing, but their stories have so far not attracted much attention in the wider AI discourse

I'd love to upgrade that hunch with actual information

It's interesting to compare this to generative images, where I've seen plenty of opinions that people don't "deserve" the ability to produce images of that quality without putting in significant effort first

Trying to apply the same argument to writing feels more callous to me

@simon I'd argue that having a computer write for you is surrender, not a tool. I don't consider myself a confident writer, but the idea of handing over any of my writing to a computer that isn't tailored to my linguistic and cultural background is uncomfortable, and it should make everyone uncomfortable. Writing is more than just filling space between ideas.

It's not about "deserving" to produce things without effort, it's about the fact that the ensuing production is mostly bland filler without any unique traits that identify it as "yours."

If our society requires that people generate massive amounts of writing where they are OK with their own voice being replaced by the global-mean-internet-immersed-English-speaker voice, then I'd argue we should fix those systems instead.