Economist Paul Novosad: Use AI to Find Papers, Keep It Out of Your Thinking
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-15
Development economist Paul Novosad urges junior researchers to emulate readable writing (citing QJE as consistently great) and warns that AI is currently driving young people to worse work and worse thinking. His advice: read papers and write ideas without AI; use AI only to find literature, keeping it out of the thinking process. He allows AI may improve, but the current damage is real.
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