Synopsis
Leon Furze argues that the real tension with AI and writing isn’t “death of writing” but purpose. When schools prize the product over the process, generative AI flattens the whole writing cycle, letting students jump from “I need a piece” straight to publication. That shortcut may be fine for functional emails or content farms, but in education the process is the learning; flatten it, and you flatten learning too.

He proposes uncoupling writing from assessment, explicitly teaching and valuing each stage of the writing cycle, and extending tasks beyond a final “finished piece” to discussion, critique and audience engagement. The takeaway: keep AI in the toolbox, but redesign tasks so process, not mere output, carries the weight.

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Originally published at: https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/14/ai-in-the-writing-process-a-problem-of-purpose/

Links
https://leonfurze.com/2025/07/14/ai-in-the-writing-process-a-problem-of-purpose/
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https://leonfurze.com/2024/02/19/teaching-ai-writing-ideas/
https://leonfurze.com/2024/02/26/teaching-ai-writing-skills/
https://leonfurze.com/2024/03/04/teaching-ai-writing-collaboration/
https://leonfurze.com/2024/03/11/teaching-ai-writing-publication/
https://leonfurze.com/2024/09/04/flattening-the-strata-of-digital-texts-with-generative-artificial-intelligence/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/technology/tiktok-search-teens.html
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https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/27/teaching-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-reinventing-english/
https://mailchi.mp/leonfurze/rethinking-assessment-for-genai
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-gulya-121a5221/

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