Investor Invokes Seneca to Defend Writing With AI: 'Whatever Is True Is Mine'
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-09-05
Responding to outrage over writers using AI, investor Martin Tobias cites Seneca: 'Whatever is true is my property' and 'What difference does it make who spoke the words?' He notes people 'consider what is being said but only who said it', discloses the post's research was partly written with AI, and argues ideas should be judged on truth, not authorship.
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