I told the internet I use AI. Boy, was it mad.; The Washington Post, April 5, 2026

Megan McArdle , The Washington Post; I told the internet I use AI. Boy, was it mad.

"...Many people think that using AI at any stage of the writing process amounts to outsourcing your thinking to a machine, and they reacted badly to a journalist suggesting some AI use might be all right.

Obviously, I disagree, but I recognize those folks are grappling with important questions, such as “What is writing for?” and “Which uses of AI serve those purposes, and which undermine them?”"