r/books • u/ubcstaffer123 • 1d ago

Don’t let AI kill the author

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/24/dont-let-ai-kill-the-author
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u/the_quark 23h ago

The author's already dead, man.

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u/la_mine_de_plomb 11h ago

From beyond the paywall:

Whatever French theorists have to say about the death of the author, readers still want to know that a person wrote the words in front of them.

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u/Flapjack__Palmdale 23h ago

Hey, Barthes reference! Death of the author became my core approach to reading in college