This overlooked phenomenon is why many modern writers will go nowhere

The emergence of ChatGPT used to frighten me as a writer.

Now it excites me.

Ten years ago, you could get away with being an information-provider writer.

You could write sprawling essays for people who were hungry for information. Information and solutions to problems were like little cocaine dabs for bored minds. And you were the dealer.

But guess what? Now there’s a new kid in town, and they have extraordinary access to an endless well of information. They can provide you with solutions and information and data and ideas until the end of time (or until we turn off the power grid).

We can no longer, as writers, simply provide more information, because Chatty GPT is here.

Martin from accounts can hop over to CGPT for his solution in a heartbeat.

Okay, so why does this make me happy?

Because now, my need to separate myself from Information Ian is real, pressing and urgent.

I’m not here to give you what you want (right away). I’m here to give you what makes you a little uncomfortable.

I’m here to challenge. Disrupt. Make you think.