Economist Paul Novosad uses AI detector Pangram to verify instincts, not punish students
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-22
Development economist Paul Novosad explains his Pangram policy: never to delegitimize student work, but to objectively verify suspicion — and when Pangram says text is human, it stops him from wrongly ignoring it. Context: he receives constant AI-generated 'professor, I was so fascinated by your work' emails, and argues people's views on AI writing largely track how much of it lands in their inbox.
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