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Gradually unfollowing and usually blocking people who post AI writing passing it off as their own. Several hundred blocked so far Writing has historically been useful as proof-of-thought. AI writing tends to be proof-of-performing-thought. These are not the same. Indeed, the latter tends also to be proof-of-lack-of-thought, and blocking is the appropriate action

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