ChatGPT and Claude have got really quite good at writing. As they improve, will they make human writers, even highly skilled ones, as obsolete as typists? In the first part of this two-part episode, I discuss that question with returning guest James Marriott. James has been posting some of his experiments with ChatGPT his Substack and on Twitter - like this one:

This stirred up quite a storm. It’s a topic that generates strong emotions - particularly among writers, as you might expect! It also opens up the question of what good writing is, and what kinds of writing we value most. We start with literature and move on to journalism and writing generally. I found our conversation fascinating and I hope you will too. If you’d like to watch us have it, here’s the video:

In Part II, coming soon, for paid subscribers only, we’ll discuss the other side of this equation - reading.

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