Literary critics have a duty to spot AI writing and deny it prizes, argues critic
birchlse · x · 2026-09-22
X user birchlse argues that AI-generated text is a corrosive force seeping into human writing, and that literary critics have a professional obligation to learn its hallmarks and refuse to award any prize to it. Anything less, he says, is negligence. The post captures a hardline stance in the ongoing debate over how literary institutions should respond to AI infiltration of serious writing.
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