AI text will be so pervasive that human authors get accused of using AI over an em-dash
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-12
Economist Paul Novosad frames an equilibrium argument about AI-generated text: GenAI output will swamp human writing volume, making "AI style" the default expectation — so even fully human authors will be accused of using AI just for using an em-dash. He notes writers will eventually pre-test drafts with detection tools like Pangram, and that current detectors only catch the careless users. His bleak takeaway: to read human fiction, look for books published before 2024.
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