Economist Zucman Slams AI-Written Hit Job: "No Intelligence, Only Malice"
generativist · x · 2026-11-03
An AI-generated critique targeting economist Gabriel Zucman's research drew a sharp rebuke from Zucman himself. He argued the piece treats methodological choices his team discusses extensively in their own work as "major flaws," labels assumptions already debated in the literature as "errors," elevates trivial points to crucial ones, and is peppered with meaningless slop — "There is no intelligence in this, only malice." He added that every expert who reviewed the hit job found it worthless. Notably, the poster generativist admits to (roughly) agreeing with Zucman, underscoring how poorly current LLMs handle substantive scholarly criticism.
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