Turley: Writing skills will become more valuable in the AI era
Nick Turley · ChatGPT – The Super Assistant Era | BG2 Guest Interview · Bg2 Pod · Mar 15, 2026 · at 57:50
Nick Turley, Head of ChatGPT at OpenAI, explains to Apoorv Mehta why writing skills will remain critical even as AI masters writing.
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“I think writing, actually is very important, and it's not because the AI can't write. You know, AI will become amazing at writing just like any other domains, but because I think the skill of writing forces you to be very clear of what you have to say. And even though prompt engineering is obviously going to go away and has gone away to much extent, the idea of expressing what you want to a machine requires you to be a pretty good writer and a very precise writer.”
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