Study Links AI-Writing Traces in Dissertations to Leaving Academia
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-05
Economist Paul Novosad cites research showing that AI writing in dissertations correlates with authors not going into academic research.
His takeaway: like it or not, AI-writing signals low quality work and low attention to your own work.
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