We write to look inward, including to find out what we’re thinking. We write for personal release, be it a diary entry or angry letter to an employer. All this writing is grounded in human sentience, of which AI has none.
AI could better ones writing, could frame a sentence better, but AI still requires a prompt. It still needs a guide to formulate thought. These guides are rooted in human creativity and emotion.
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
reminds me of the concept of rationalising thought. rehearsing it in your head and hearing it from a new perspective of logic.
increased the density of white and gray matter in brain areas involved in reading.
I think this is so interesting because this is a skill we believe comes in at a young age so the idea of matter increasing by learning it later is very intriguing. Does this apply to other literacy skills like language learning?