Economist observes AI's tendency to invent jargon, sacrificing readability

paulnovosad · x · 2026-08-25

Economist Paul Novosad observed that AI writing tends to favor jargon, sometimes inventing new terms entirely. He notes the appearance of these 'new-to-econ' words in recent working papers, highlighting the tradeoff between precision and readability.

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