alt Hacker NewsI think so. Who writes something and why are important context for what we do with the information. It's an issue with the lack of disclosure, not AI in general.
Most longform readers will assume an author has deep expertise and spent a lot of time organizing their thoughts, which lends their ideas some legitimacy and trust. For a small blog, an 8,000 word essay is a passion project.
But if AI is detected in the phrasing and not disclosed, it begs a lot of questions. Did AI write the whole thing, or just light edits? Are the facts AI generated, too, and not from personal experience? What motivated someone to produce this content if they were going to automate parts of its creation; why would they value the output more than the process?
> But if AI is detected in the phrasing and not disclosed, it begs a lot of questions.
absolutely zero questions from me. If I see two exactly same writings: one - by human, another - by AI. For me its doesn't matter.
> Most longform readers will assume an author has deep expertise and spent a lot of time organizing their thoughts, which lends their ideas some legitimacy and trust.
It's the incorrect assumption of "most readers". Before AI there are enough methods to throw a long read. So, AI isn't really a gamechanger here