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AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people.

Drawn from what Gergely Orosz said

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Gergely Orosz 1 Sept 2026

The reason for this hardline stance is that we believe in the value of human thought and experience, as told by people with first-hand knowledge. It’s also about the audience: The “audience” for AI-written code is usually a machine, whereas the writing in Pragmatic Engineer is for humans, by humans. AI produces a statistical average in its output which creates uniform, dull text that’s an inferior reading experience to human writing – at least today it is.

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