<description>&lt;p&gt;Last May, TW founder Martha Nichols spoke with &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://wp.ucla.edu/person/laura-hartenberger/"&gt;Laura Hartenberger&lt;/a&gt;, author of the definitive 2023 essay &lt;a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.noemamag.com/what-ai-teaches-us-about-good-writing/"&gt;“What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing”&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;em&gt;Noema&lt;/em&gt;. Laura, who’s a lecturer in the Writing Programs at University of California at Los Angeles, is an essayist and fiction writer herself. When she spoke with Martha, they were both finishing up a turbulent spring semester that included protests for and against Israel at UCLA and Harvard. Here they confront big ethical questions surrounding AI and writing instruction. Are bots helpful tools for students or just another way of cheating? How and when should such tools be part of writing assignments? What qualities of voice and meaningful exposition are missing from chatbot writing? Can AI-generated work emotionally move readers?&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Talking Writing

Martha Nichols, John Vogel, and Neva Talladen

Laura Hartenberger: What's Wrong with Chatbot Writing?

FEB 13, 202544 MIN
Talking Writing

Laura Hartenberger: What's Wrong with Chatbot Writing?

FEB 13, 202544 MIN

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<p>Last May, TW founder Martha Nichols spoke with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://wp.ucla.edu/person/laura-hartenberger/">Laura Hartenberger</a>, author of the definitive 2023 essay <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.noemamag.com/what-ai-teaches-us-about-good-writing/">“What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing”</a> in <em>Noema</em>. Laura, who’s a lecturer in the Writing Programs at University of California at Los Angeles, is an essayist and fiction writer herself. When she spoke with Martha, they were both finishing up a turbulent spring semester that included protests for and against Israel at UCLA and Harvard. Here they confront big ethical questions surrounding AI and writing instruction. Are bots helpful tools for students or just another way of cheating? How and when should such tools be part of writing assignments? What qualities of voice and meaningful exposition are missing from chatbot writing? Can AI-generated work emotionally move readers?</p>