Why Is AI Bad at Writing?

The author argues that AI-generated writing feels "off" because it lacks the rhythm and flow of human prose, comparing it to music that needs human imperfection rather than perfect quantization. He notes that common "AI tells" like em dashes are unreliable indicators, and that detectors such as Pangram must continuously retrain as models change, citing a music-detector study where lowering sample rates defeated detection entirely. He concludes that authorship rests on human taste and judgment, so AI use is acceptable if the human remains the arbiter of quality and stamps the work with their own identity.