| Title Statement |
More than words: how to think about writing in the age of AI / John Warner. |
| Alternative Title(s) |
How to think about writing in the age of artificial intelligence |
| Author |
Warner, John, 1970- |
| Publication |
New York: Basic Books,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Extent of Item |
x, 309 pages ; |
| ISBN |
9781541605503 (hardcover) |
| Other Number |
pr07788101 |
| Contents |
Part I. Automation, not intelligence --Part II. Only Humans Write --Part III. Reading, writing, and robots --Part IV. Living with AI : resist, renew, explore. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking-discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page-and feeling-grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words-and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing"-- |
| Subjects & Genres |
| By Topic |
Artificial intelligence--Educational applications |
| Critical thinking--Study and teaching--United States |
| English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--United States |
| English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States |
| Natural language generation (Computer science)--Computer programs |
