Stigmatize AI In Professional Writing

Updated: 2025.09.29 23D ago 1 sources
n+1 urges editors, publishers, and teachers to make AI‑authored text socially unacceptable, advocating editorial boycotts of 'AI slop,' AI‑proof pedagogy (in‑class writing, oral exams), and teaching the limits of generative models. The piece argues norms and shame can check the spread of AI in literature and criticism even without new laws. — This elevates norm enforcement—making AI use 'uncool'—as a primary lever in the cultural governance of AI, potentially shaping adoption in media and education.

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Culture Magazine Urges Professional Writers to Resist AI, Boycott and Stigmatize AI Slop
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The editorial: 'Stigmatization is a powerful force... you should feel bad for using AI,' and its critique of the Washington Post’s Ember 'AI writing coach.'
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