Before dunking on AI writing, remember people who love dictating long texts
neal_lathia · x · 2026-09-08
Pushing back on the common criticism that AI-generated writing is "bad", the author offers an analogy: many people already love dictating long, rambling messages and sending them verbatim. Verbose, conversational text is a natural form of expression — not necessarily a quality flaw — so critics of AI writing should reconsider what "bad writing" really means.
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