Economist Slams NYT Policy Allowing AI-Written Guest Essays

Economist Paul Novosad criticized the NYT's policy permitting AI-written guest essays, arguing AI ghostwriting replaces authors' voices and degrades quality, and that AI-written work should go to separate journals rather than human ones.

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