This poll is NOT about using AI for brainstorming, research or analysis. Its not about who came up with the ideas or the post quality. The question asks who writes the words of the post, who writes the final copy.[1] I think there are good arguments on both sides, with some takes in this thread here.
I'm aware the question has some ambiguity. I imagine the poll to be quantitative[2], so the midpoint might be half the words written by AI. This could be a heavy AI edit where a human writes first, then half the words were changed, or perhaps AI drafts first then half the words are then written by a human. Feel free to interpret the spectrum how you like.
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Its also not asking how AI might be used to write, for example whether you've trained it to copy your voice and writing well. Its a quantitative question - who actually wrote the words?
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This poll may not capture the most important questions about AI writing. Questions about who came up with the ideas and structure might be more important in the long run, especially after AI starts to actually write as well as very good human writers, which I believe it can't yet.
I would definitely want a human reviewing and possibly iterating, but if that is happening and the AI is drafting, that's fine.
Good for brainstorming first drafts, but I'm not comfortable having it write everything, even if the content is right and coherent.
One day the AIs can be much better at writing but that day is not today
That is true.
Even when they do become better than us at writing, I might be keen to keep discourse spaces separate. some spaces where humans can talk just with humans and others where it's everyone together. Obviously the AIs will be talking to each other on a scale hard to fathom.
I think if we get too used to mixing it might be difficult to separate down the line too.
This is absurdly speculative though.