Bad AI use saves your time but imposes costs on others, says economist
paulnovosad · x · 2026-11-15
Economist Paul Novosad offers a simple test for interpersonal AI etiquette: bad AI use saves time for yourself while imposing extra time costs on others, like forwarding verbose AI-generated content to recipients.
His self-check question: would you be embarrassed if your recipient saw the chat transcript that generated what you sent them?
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