Generative AI Will Not Replace Human Writing Because Writing Is Thinking
Tony Stubblebine · Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine: Here's How Writing Evolves In The AI Era · Oct 30, 2025 · at 10:28
Tony Stubblebine, CEO of Medium, argues against the idea that generative AI will make human writers obsolete.
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“Writing is thinking and smart people like to think that's not going away when you have a thought and you put it under paper, put it, you know, type it out. Suddenly this, like all these subconscious, like feelings about that thought, all of your like life lessons get articulated in a way. Where just as the writer, you understand it better. And so the role of AI in there is not to replace you.”
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