Critique: AI Writing's "Golden Age" is Over, Styles Become Cliched
ruthstarkman · x · 2026-09-01
This comment responds to Ethan Mollick's take on the end of the "Golden Age of AI writing." The author argues that Claude and its competitors have always been vapid and cliched. The original post suggests that as AI detectors improve and Claude's distinct style becomes widely recognized, AI writing feels less novel, more suspicious, and annoying.
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