The Trap of AI Writing Assistants: You Must Ignore Half Their Suggestions
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-08-28
Researcher Sandro Ambuehl points out a hidden problem with AI assistance in academic writing and design: you need to ignore about half of its suggestions, and the trouble for early-stage researchers is that they don't know which half—risking that novices treat the noise as guidance. Tuhin Chakrabarty amplifies the point as spot-on.
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