AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)
archive.today webpage capture Saved from no other snapshots from this url 28 Sep 2026 13:13:23 UTC All snapshots from host www.economist.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee Skip to content ● Insider The Economist Pro Log in Menu Weekly edition World in brief Opinion United States Finance & economics Business China Asia Europe Britain Middle East & Africa Artificial intelligence Games Britain | Writes and wrongs AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better) Why is complicated. But it’s not about the damn em-dash Share illustration: fortunate joaquin Sep 24th 2026 | 4 min read Listen to this story W riting using artificial intelligence is everywhere. It has crept into elite newspapers (the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed drafted by it) and elite publishing houses (Grasset in France finds itself defending a star author accused—falsely, he claims—of using it in a prize-winning novel). It is in the speeches of British politicians, in