Joan Westenberg argues that the current witchhunt against AI-assisted writing is misguided and harmful, highlighting the unreliable nature of AI detection tools and the unfair career damage suffered by authors like Mia Ballard, whose novel was pulled amid unproven AI-use accusations. She compares this to historical collaborative writing practices, emphasizing that attempts to police AI usage through crowdsourced suspicion and flawed detectors threaten all writers without offering meaningful solutions, calling for more reasoned and evidence-based approaches instead.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-ai-writing-witchhunt-is-pointless/