Writing may be the last important human skill in the AI era
yoobinray · x · 2026-10-09
The author argues that writing well will likely be the last important skill for humans as agents take over more work. Concretely: writing good prompts, expressing thoughts in a marketable, non-AI-slop way, giving quality feedback, and knowing what good writing is. The core point: when AI generates endless text, judgment and expression quality become the human differentiator.
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