God help me am I about to change my view on AI-assisted writing?

A true story.

Last Week's Discourse Today God help me am I about to change my view on AI-assisted writing? A true story. Guy Jun 30, 2026 47 11 Share Betrayal Last week I came across the following tweet: “Sweet”, thought I. “Pre-vetted essays.” I opened the first one and started reading. My spidey sense started tingling. — “Oh.” — A bad feeling growled in the pit of my stomach. — “ Oh no.” “Is this AI slop!?” I fired up Pangram and, well, you guessed it. It was. What you might’ve’nt guessed is that it was 100% slop. I felt outraged, violated, angry, deceived, taken advantage of, exploited, fooled, made a fo

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