Writers love AI drafts, readers hate them: suspected AI content gets skipped and authors punished
birchlse · x · 2026-09-04
GergelyOrosz highlights a cognitive dissonance around AI-assisted writing: writers feel AI saves effort and makes them look more articulate, while readers instantly smell the "AI slop".
A cited survey adds a sharper point: when readers suspect content is AI-generated, they don't just stop reading — they downvote and actively avoid the author. The costs and benefits of AI writing are mismatched: authors save effort, but pay with reader trust.
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