BRET STEPHENS: I'm begging you: Never write with AI | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Bret Stephens renews the same argument in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: don’t rely on AI to write for you. He advises readers not to use artificial intelligence for school papers, workplace briefs, letters to family members, corporate speeches, or routine email writing, and not to let it organize notes or propose outlines and closing paragraphs. He also says it shouldn’t be used to produce a first draft that someone later edits and presents as their own work. Stephens’s main ethical concern is deception—using machine-generated text while claiming authorship. He further argues that widespread AI use could erode the skill and societal capacity to reason by diminishing writing practice. He emphasizes writing as a discipline that turns thought into accountable, considered language.