About Me

I’m Antonio Martinez, a first-year student at Syracuse University, and most of my life as a student has already been shaped by technology. By the time I reached college, spellcheck, grammar check, and AI tools were already normal parts of how people wrote. Instead of learning how to write in a world without AI and then suddenly having to adjust, I’ve had to figure out how to grow as a writer while AI is already in the mix.

I chose to focus on AI and writing skills because I’ve seen both sides of it. On one hand, AI can feel like a shortcut when I’m tired, stressed, or stuck. On the other hand, I’ve noticed that the work I’m most proud of usually comes from struggling through drafts, rethinking my ideas, and getting feedback from real people. That tension is what made this topic feel personal: I don’t just want to “get assignments done,” I want to actually get better at writing.

In WRT 105, I learned to think of writing as a process instead of a single one-time effort. Drafting, revising, and reflecting became tools for figuring out what I really wanted to say. At the same time, I had to confront how AI fits into that process. Is it something that replaces brainstorming and revising, or something that can support those stages if I use it intentionally?

This course also pushed me to think about audience and genre. I had to write collaboratively, analyze a STEM genre, and design a research project for a public website. All of that helped me see that writing skills aren’t just about grammar or word choice; they’re about making decisions based on purpose, context, and readers. AI can’t fully do that thinking for me, and if I let it try, my writing loses something important: my own perspective.

My goal going forward is to use AI like a tool in a toolbox, not a crutch. I want to stay honest about when and how I use it, keep practicing the difficult parts of writing, and carry what I learned in WRT 105 into my other classes, my major, and eventually my career. This website is one way of documenting that learning and sharing it with other students who are also trying to figure out what it means to be a writer in an AI-heavy world.