Mostly I disagree with the article's ideas, if that helps; the AI was just a secondary factor.

> I don’t think it’s a good reason to dismiss this

AI-generated prose reads as sending a 'lack of effort' signal to a lot of people, just as no editing at all does. ; It's an effective heuristic that we've all learnt in the last couple of years.

In either case, it's not always fair: there are people who deeply care about their ideas but forget to fix basic errors, or pass it through AI.

In both cases though, the advice is the same: if you want people to take your output seriously, you need to signal that you are taking it seriously. That used to mean editing for spelling and grammar. Now it means not using AI.