Professor: your take on AI writing depends on how much of it floods your inbox
paulnovosad · x · 2026-10-22
Development economist Paul Novosad says he receives constant misleading AI-generated student emails ('professor, I was so fascinated by your work on the dynamics of [...]'), and argues divergent views on AI writing line up with exposure: those whose inboxes are flooded with AI text vs. those who use it to write live in different realities.
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