Is AI Killing the Value of Human Writing? HN Weighs In
fsndz · hn · 2026-10-11
Hacker News debates a Substack essay asking whether AI is destroying the value of human writing: with unlimited text supply, what becomes scarce — lived experience, perspective, or trust? Commenters clash over where writing stands in the AI era.
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