Banning AI writing to judge character likened to shaming GLP-1 users
intellectronica · x · 2026-10-24
Garett Jones draws a pointed analogy: "I don't want you to use AI in your writing because I need to judge your personality" is the intellectual elite's equivalent of "I don't want you to use GLP-1s so I can judge your self-control." The comparison mocks the stance of treating tool refusal as a moral yardstick for judging ability and character.
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