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Report: How developers react to AI-scented blog posts

Hacker NewsPublished 6 days ago

A survey of 668 developers and tech blog readers reveals strong distrust and dislike for AI-assisted or AI-authored technical blog posts. Most readers stop reading, avoid the author, and downvote such content, showing little leniency even for non-native English speakers using AI to polish prose. Readers prefer authentic, imperfect writing over AI-generated text.

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