The billionaire investor defended using AI for his op-ed, comparing it to using a calculator for mathematics.
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said he used artificial intelligence to write a Wall Street Journal opinion column criticizing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s debt buybacks, the New York Post reported.
Druckenmiller, the founder of Duquesne Capital and an early mentor to Bessent, told NOTUS that he used AI when writing the column. He said he now uses the technology for writing in the same way he uses a calculator for math.
The disclosure followed social-media posts alleging that AI had been used to produce the op-ed. NOTUS said it scanned the piece with the Pangram detection tool and found evidence of AI assistance.
Wall Street Journal editorial-page editor Paul Gigot defended publishing the column, saying the important questions were whether it reflected Druckenmiller’s original argument and whether he had the credibility to make it.
