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Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read? | The New Yorker

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I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.

Save this story Save this story This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about the ways that A.I. has changed their classrooms . Most felt despair over the breakdown of a contract between student and teacher, one predicated on the faith that, even if students weren’t always perfect, they would at least challenge themselves to think every once in a while. If students rely on A.I. summaries to do their “reading” for them, if they don’t attempt t

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