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The AI Draft: A Process Essay Nobody Asked For
Frank A. Kalman, a formally trained journalist, argues that using AI as a collaborative drafting partner is not a betrayal of craft but an honest extension of a writer's editorial process. He frames AI as a responsive thinking partner whose "wrongness" is productive, pushing the writer to clarify what they actually mean. The piece is a transparent, process-level account of how an experienced writer uses voice memos, AI chat, and iterative editing to reach a finished essay, positioned against the performative outrage of writers who conflate the suffering of drafting with the value of writing itself.