Economist Quips Literary Critics Have Loved Bad Writing for 100 Years as AI Wins Awards
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-12
Paul Novosad quotes the observation that AI, despite writing poorly, keeps winning literary awards — and deadpans that "literary critics have been salivating over bad writing for 100 years," a wry take on how literary taste may be less objective than assumed.
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