Writing as Technology

Read before class:

Walter J. Ong, “Orality and Literacy,” 35-40

Plato, excerpt from Phaedrus, 41-44

Hicks et al., “ChatGPT is Bullshit,” 65-78

Supplementary reading:

Andrew Chow, “ChatGPT may be Eroding Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study, Time magazine, 23 June 2025

Ted Chiang, “ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Internet” (course reader)