Economist says AI helps poor writers; ex-official fires back: poor writing means poor thinking
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-08
The Economist argues that AI bots can help "poor writers" express themselves at a fraction of the cost of a ghostwriter (piece by Ryan Jacobs). Gregory Conti quote-shared it with a sharp rebuttal: "If you're a 'poor writer,' you're almost certainly a poor thinker. The world would be fine without your machine-generated 'thoughts.'"
The exchange distills the core debate over AI writing tools: one side sees democratized expression; the other sees writing as inseparable from thinking itself.
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