AI writing averages out style and precision, making readers slower

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AI writing averages out style and precision, making readers slower

A writer whose bachelor's thesis identified authors from short paragraphs argues that AI-generated text loses two things: style, because models average it out, and precision, because they must make assumptions to stitch text together. Without style, readers lose context and empathy; without precision, they must decode ambiguous words. The result: slower reading, more verbosity, and eroded trust between writer and reader.

Personally, I feel that I am at least a third slower reading AI-generated text, even if the length is the same.

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2026-10-20