A writing professor called out a student for submitting an essay written by ChatGPT. The student admitted it outright. The assignment was to share personal perspective and voice. Instead, the professor got just “syntax.”
The incident highlights growing concerns about AI-generated content replacing real human insight in education.
The professor offers a counterpoint: yoga can’t be faked by AI. She emphasizes yoga’s demand for presence and physical connection—something no bot can replicate. 
“AI might be able to structure a yoga class or point out new poses, but it can’t take your place on the mat.”
“At the end of the day, you can’t outsource your Downward Dog. You can’t copy-and-paste embodiment.”
She predicts the more AI floods daily life, the more people will need tangible, “real intelligence” from their bodies through practices like yoga.
“Yoga is the opposite of content—it’s contact. With yourself. With tradition. With sensation. Yoga demands presence. There’s no way to shortcut it. Not really.”
The professor has started adding meditation and breathwork to her writing classes, hoping it helps students reconnect with their own voices.
“People are asking if writing teachers—and other jobs—will be replaced by AI. Right now, I don’t have an answer. All I know is this: yoga won’t be replaced.”
She argues that as AI seeps into creativity and work, yoga and similar practices will become even more necessary to stay human and connected.
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