Current Affairs bans AI-written text and art, written into its union contract (currentaffairs.org)
Current Affairs adopted one of publishing's strictest AI policies as part of its union contract, arguing that tools built to replace workers must be resisted. The article's example: 100 AI posts in four minutes at almost no cost versus 20 human posts for $5,000.
On HN, a commenter posted a parable of fifty diggers with shovels versus five with machines to argue no one will care who wrote what. The reply that stuck: dirt is paid for by the hole, but writing is only worth anything if someone chooses to read it.
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