# A quote from Paul Graham

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-06-16
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/06/16/a-quote-from-paul-graham/
- Categories: link

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> A lot of the emails I get from founders are now written in a hard-hitting journalistic style. I know they're written by AI, because no founder ever wrote this way before. And once you realize something is written by AI, it's hard not to ignore it.
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> I have never knowingly finished reading an email signed by a human but written by AI. It feels like being lied to, and who would stand for that?
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> \[[...](https://twitter.com/paulg/status/2058863028523659390)\] It makes me think less of the author. It means they can't write well unaided (or feel they can't), and that they're trying to trick me.
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> It's not impressive to use AI to write stuff for you; any teenager can do that.

— [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg/status/2058844147092488401)

*Source:* [A quote from Paul Graham](https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/26/paul-graham/#atom-everything)

While this isn't condoning AI-copping, the feeling is _very real_. Our brains can easily sense AI patterns. It takes _more effort_ to read through an AI generated text than a human written one.