The Death of Writing Skills (from a seemingly underqualified Zillennial)
It’s 2025, the year of our lord and savior - artificial intelligence. Or at least, people think AI is our savior. Working in technology, I’ve heard, seen, and lived through the rising popularity of AI, its potential, and how it’s supposed to make my job easier. I’ve also read all the articles about AI taking over our jobs, automating tasks, and removing the need for a human completely. Now, I think the title of those fear-based articles are meant to scare us into believing all our jobs are at risk (and they might be), but let’s pause and ask the question: Is using artificial intelligence for everything really that… intelligent? I was born in the mid-90s. To some, I’m still young and new in my career. To others (like my younger sibling), I’m old and settled. I like to think I’m somewhere in the middle - I’ve got experience under my belt but know that there’s tons more to learn. And I like being in the middle. I’m at the age where I took computer classes (starting with Paint in kindergar...