The Drift collects anonymous dispatches on how writers, doctors and academics use—or resist—AI
xuanalogue · x · 2026-10-01
The Drift magazine's Issue Eighteen Dispatches section features a group of anonymous contributors—novelists, academics, doctors, organizers and more—reporting on how they use AI, refuse to use it, or feel pushed into using it.
Recommended on X ("read them all, but especially the first one"), it's a rare first-person sample of how AI is actually penetrating professional writing, academia, and medicine.
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