Will our next generation lose their own writing voice because of LLMs?

Great read. For me, this topic brings up such a mixed bag of questions. I do think there’s real truth in the idea that relying too early on LLMs can stunt creativity. Like the author, I believe that if you skip the messy part of writing, figuring out what you actually want to say, you miss out on developing your own voice. That struggle matters.

At the same time, I can’t help but think about calculators. I know it’s a primitive comparison to what we’re dealing with today, but in some ways it’s still relevant. People once worried calculators would kill mental math. Debates were endless and sure, maybe we did lose something, but we also gained a lot. We adapted.

What feels different now is the speed. AI is moving fast and hitting every industry at once. Some are diving in, others are holding back, and most people are somewhere in between, trying to keep up while figuring out what it means for their work, their kids, or their creativity.

I do worry about the younger generation, especially those growing up with this tech baked into daily life. If AI ends up doing the thinking, writing, and problem-solving for them, how will that shape their ability to reason, learn, or build original ideas?

To me, the real challenge isn’t AI itself, it’s the pace of adoption. It’s simply outpacing our current education systems and frameworks for developing human skills. So I get why it feels threatening. It’s not fear of the tool, it’s fear of what gets lost if we skip the part where we teach people how to use it meaningfully.

That’s why, at least for myself, I try to see it for what it is: a powerful tool. As someone new to blogging, I approach it the same way I’ve approached my IT work, use the best tools available, but don’t forget the purpose. I still want to write in my own voice, to work through ideas and get better at expressing them. If AI can help sharpen that process, that’s great. But it can’t do the work for me.

I anticipate the opposite. Humans will struggle to differentiate themselves from autonomous output. In so doing, their "voice" will shift more and more away from what we recognize now. That might simply mean more profanity,since the majority of LLMs have guardrails against it, or it could be something less recognizable.

It's not going to hurt good writers, but I wouldn't want to be a ghostwriter right now.