FIR #507: Should Nobody Really Ever Write with AI?
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March 30, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 507
About this episode
The episode discusses the debate around using AI for writing, particularly for professionals who are not trained writers.
Take a stroll through LinkedIn. You’ll find no shortage of posts stridently deriding the notion that anyone should ever use AI to write for them. While that case isn’t hard to make for professional writers, there are countless professionals in other fields who struggle with writing, never trained to be writers, yet now have to write everything from emails to reports as part of their jobs. Should they really sweat for hours over wording, time they could be devoting to the core areas of subject expertise, when AI can produce content that is cogent, clear, and direct? In this short mid-week episode, Neville and Shel look at the trends in using AI for writing, despite the plethora of opinions from the pundits. Links from this episode: Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories Meet the Journalist Using AI to Write Stories How Journalists Feel About AI Muck Rack’s 2026 State of Journalism Report Finds 82% of Journalists Use AI AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It Is Writing with AI at Work Undermining Your Credibility? How We’re Using AI Review of ‘Using Artificial Intelligence in Academic Writing’ Best Practices…
People in this episode
Hosts: Neville, Shel
Topics covered
- AI in writing
- professional writing
- content creation
- journalism
- communication tools
- technology trends
Keywords
- AI writing
- content generation
- professional communication
- journalism and AI
- writing tools
- business writing
- technology in writing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: LinkedIn, Muck Rack
Books & works: Using Artificial Intelligence in Academic Writing
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