I’ve been working with so many students who turn to it as a first resort for everything. The second a problem stumps them, it’s AI. The first source for research is AI.
It’s not even about the tech, there’s just something about not wanting to learn that deeply upsets me. It’s not really something I can understand. There is no reason to avoid getting better at writing.
Writing in my school was mostly a chore. We got to write about uninteresting topics, having to argue for/against a point which was either irrelevant or boring for some other reason.
I do agree though that creative writing can be a great exercise for the mind. That’s why i’m actually active on lemmy so much. Because i get to formulate my thoughts down, and i even get free feedback from lots of other people! What better way could there be to train my thoughts and formulation skills?
Yeah, unfortunately I feel like most folks share that school experience. Not easy to teach why to write in a context where the ‘why’ is essentially just “because I say so”. 🥴