Round 1, FIGHT: Never in a million years did I think that I would actually write on an unsaid war between humans and machines. But here we are. Of course, people have been talking about artificial intelligence (AI) for a long time now, but little has been said about this technology’s subtle entry in journalism, a field that directly affects me.

And as I type this, I have this unsettling fear: how will I prove, especially to new readers, that what follows is written by me – 100-per cent ‘human’ generated? What makes my writing different from that of a highly trained AI model, which perhaps went through the work of writers I have not even heard of (and, no, this is not a subliminal dig at the model’s capability of making up source files on its own).

Previously, this was not my main fear; my identity as a writer was intact. In a way, I was (am?) privileged. I have been writing for ages now, and most people who know me know my work as well. For instance, I know my editor can tell this has me written all over it (and if I make a few mistakes with article usage, she will even put a heavy bet on it). Similarly, my friend could tell that, back when I would write fiction regularly, I had this weird obsession with adding that a shiver ran down my character’s spine; more so, my cousin would always wonder why my character’s eyes would ‘shimmer with unshed tears’. This is similar to how the word ‘delve’ is a giveaway that an article is AI-generated........

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