Josh Gans: economics profession clearly finding AI writing more acceptable

joshgans · x · 2026-09-11

In a follow-up to his thread on AI writing detection in economics papers, Josh Gans adds that the interesting question isn't whether AI writing is good or bad, but what the data reveals about the profession's attitude: clearly many economists are finding AI-written prose more acceptable. This is a follow-up comment to the same event covered in the original post.

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