In his blog, Bryan Cantrill stated that readers are feeling strong indignation toward the current situation where texts that appear to be written or assisted by LLMs are flooding the landscape.
The Point That LLM-Generated Writing Leads to Reader Attrition and Reader Rejection
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He noted that readers can easily detect the structural characteristics unique to LLMs. The point made is that the rejection stems more from the writer abandoning the process of refining their own thoughts rather than the quality of the writing itself.
According to a study conducted by Cynthia Dunlop, 78% of developers who detected the use of LLMs reported that they immediately stopped reading at that point. Furthermore, 71% responded that they would avoid contact with that author in the future [Cynthia Dunlop's study].
Readers seek authenticity from the author rather than linguistic perfection. In the survey, 98% of respondents stated that they prefer text written by the author themselves, even if imperfect, over text proofread by an LLM.
He argued that heavy use of LLMs in writing is an act that invalidates the social contract between the writer and the reader. This is because readers are not being asked to expend effort to understand text that the writer themselves did not struggle to create.
Source: The revolt of the reader (Hacker News Frontpage, 2026-09-06)