The Biggest Tell that something was written by AI

Posted on June 7, 2026 
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From an essay by Eve Fairbanks in The Atlantic,

“We tend to believe that efficiency is the highest virtue, the four-hour workweek the ultimate goal. Why sweat over the introductory paragraph of an essay if an AI program can sail over whatever argumentative obstacle you have in the space of 15 seconds? But the effort and the hang-ups are, as they say, a feature of the human thought process, not a bug. …”

– Read it all (link thanks to Tim Challies). How might it apply to sermons?

A related topic:

Before You Use AI, Read Ecclesiastes – Darin White at The Gospel Coalition.

“Young people will need to know how to use AI at a high level. But even more, they’ll need to be able to use it without being mastered by it. As Christian leaders, we don’t have the luxury of ignoring this moment. The generation sitting in our pews, at our dinner tables, and in our classrooms right now is learning to trust machines with the decisions that require the wisdom only God can give. …”