a16z essay: "This Essay is 10% AI Generated" and the shame of AI writing
ArtificialOther · x · 2026-08-20
Alex Danco's a16z essay argues "100% of this text is AI" is the new Scarlet Letter — a cheap, hard-to-police way to dunk on writers. He frames stated distaste for AI writing as classic preference falsification: the marketplace of writing bends toward readers' revealed preferences. He confesses he dislikes editing or publishing AI-heavy content, and questions whether AI can be great at code yet stay inferior in prose for long.
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