Economist urges journals to adopt zero tolerance for AI writing
Franco_Calabres · x · 2026-09-24
Economist Paul Novosad argues journals should have a zero-tolerance policy for AI writing: while justified cases exist, they will be swamped by an avalanche of slop that demoralizes referees and kills journals entirely — "bad money drives out the good." The take sparked a follow-up debate about human vs AI ghostwriting.
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