Economist on AI writing's worst tell: bad judgment about what matters
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-15
Economics professor Paul Novosad argues that the most damaging AI writing tell is poor judgment about what is and isn't important — and that this bad judgment rubs off on the author. He says it's hard to humanize unless you do a ton of rewriting, and that letting AI write means absorbing its dumb perspective on importance while being convinced it's good enough.
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