Economist Tabarrok: AI writing lets bad ideas hide behind precision jargon
ATabarrok · x · 2026-10-05
Replying to Paul Novosad, economist Alex Tabarrok argues the problem with AI-assisted writing isn't authors with good ideas using AI to express them — it's that most authors have no good idea at all, and use the jargon and over-the-top style of AI precision to dress up weak thinking. He adds that "this will change."
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