Why AI Must Not Do Our Writing for Us

Psychology Today | 08.02.2026 21:47
Since the advent of computer software capable of writing essays, I have noticed a sharp uptick in the technical quality of my students’ written work. For a long time, responding to such work involved a good deal of correction – grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choices, and the like. Today, this is rarely necessary. Did a machine create the work? It has certainly been proofread by one.