Will Writing Skills Disappear in the AI Era?

YC founder Paul Graham's latest prediction:

Within the next 20 years, the number of people who can truly write will decrease significantly. This is not just about the disappearance of writing skills, but also the divergence of thinking abilities. The emergence of AI technology will create a divided world of "those who can write" and "those who cannot."

We need to recognize that writing is not just a skill, but an important tool for the development of thinking and cognition.

In the AI era, actively choosing to maintain writing skills becomes even more important.

This choice is essentially deciding whether to be a "thinker" or a "person who relies on AI for thinking."