What is happening to writing? Cognitive debt, Claude Code, the space around AI
Summary
This Substack essay analyzes how AI tools like Claude Code and Gemini are changing writing and knowledge work, highlighting cognitive debt, the allure and limits of AI-generated prose, and the coexistence of human craft with interactive AI projects. The author argues that AI will augment but not replace deep thinking, and shares experiments like history simulators and concordances to illustrate new forms of “writing” that emerge when AI is used as a creative tool.