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canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/6d84fb98?lang=en"
title: "Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive"
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published_at: "2026-09-19T16:35:24.000Z"
category: "Models"
topics: ["anthropic","claude","multi-agent","open-source","ai-writing","ethics","opinion"]
source_urls: ["https://erichgrunewald.substack.com/p/why-you-should-almost-never-use-ai","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49767937","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784816","https://paulbakker.io/writing/no-ai-for-writing/"]
summary: "A plea."
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# Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/6d84fb98?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-09-19T16:35:24.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** anthropic, claude, multi\-agent, open\-source, ai\-writing, ethics, opinion

## Summary

A plea\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://erichgrunewald.substack.com/p/why-you-should-almost-never-use-ai>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49767937>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784816>)
- [Story source](<https://paulbakker.io/writing/no-ai-for-writing/>)