Adrian LenardicJul 12, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) are often assumed to be a cause for the decline in writing. That’s a easy tale to tell. The reality is that an artificial bogeyman can not absolve humans. Motivations to outsource writting permeated into higher education and science long ago in a way that pre-paved a path for which AI and LLMs are a natural end-game.

https://futureu.education/uncategorized/commentary-by-adrian-lenardic-and-johnny-seales-why-write/

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COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic and Johnny Seales, "Why Write?" - Future U

"The driver is the creep in education (e.g., productivity, institutional attention), but our core values are NOT about those things."

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Why Write

In 2025, anything related to changes in writing, from education to the professional level, is correlated with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs). It’s often assumed that the correlation shows causation: AI and LLMs are the cause of the decline of writing. That’s an easy tale to tell. It offers a clean story with a clear villain. The reality is that an artificial bogeyman can not absolve humans. Outsourcing, shortcuts and other choices that follow from externalized reasons to write are older than AI. This permeated into liberal arts education and science publishing in a way that pre-paved a path for which AI and LLMs are not the cause but the natural end-game. 

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