Does learning to be a good writer still matter in the age of A.I.?

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What do you wish you could do well? Where in the world would you most like to travel? What are your thoughts on last names? These are just a few of the questions we posed recently in our writing prompts. We’d love to read your students’ answers. Sincerely, The Learning Network WRITING PROMPTS [[An illustration of a computer keyboard with every other key of its center row highlighted yellow. The keyboard stretches off into the distance where it meets the sun on the horizon.] Ben Wiseman](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnikIEP4QQAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDEvMTEvbGVhcm5pbmcvZG9lcy1sZWFybmluZy10by1iZS1hLWdvb2Qtd3JpdGVyLXN0aWxsLW1hdHRlci1pbi10aGUtYWdlLW9mLWFpLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbG5fMjAyNDAxMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTEyNjYyJm5sPXRoZS1sZWFybmluZy1uZXR3b3JrJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTU1MzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmWhBL2nZbeYVetSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Student Opinion Does Learning to Be a Good Writer Still Matter in the Age of A.I.? A New York Times columnist worries that programs like ChatGPT threaten the future of writing — and the benefits and joys of excelling at it. Do you agree? 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