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You’ll soon see AI in most writing tools. Canva, Notion, Craft, Coda, and other popular writing services have been racing to add new AI features. Google Docs added a new AI-driven summarization feature. Read on for what AI can do for you, where the hype goes too far, and a few recommended tools to try.

Craft gets the nod for best 30-second video demo:

Beyond these big apps, a slew of startups have built brand-new writing services that rely on AI to reduce the friction we face when staring at a blank page.

Some go a bit too far, promising the moon.

Jasper, an AI writing service, raised $125 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. The appeal of writing faster is clear. But AI-focused startups that emphasize speed and volume should expect a backlash from fans of thoughtfulness and quality.

Postwise.ai promises to automatically generate tweets for you when you type in any topic. I’m not sure we need 10x the amount of automated, low-quality content pumped out ever faster in a world already drowning in hot takes.

Remember typewriters? Computers eventually followed, enabling storage. The Internet brought live collaboration. Now we’re heading into the fourth era of digital document editing: the era of AI.

Wordstar, WordPerfect, Word and other pre-Internet word processing software provided helpful ways to store and backup writing digitally.

Google Docs ushered in the next phase with innovative cloud storage enabling you to edit your docs from any device and collaborate in real-time.

Notion, Coda, and peer services made docs interactive and multifaceted. They extended how docs work by adding databases, embedded content and more.

Lex, Copy.ai, Canva Docs and other AI-enhanced new doc editing tools mark the start of a radically distinct doc epoch.

In the year ahead, many of us will use AI doc tools to help with the following::

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