It seems like we are very quickly approaching the crossroads of AI being too much like real life and real life getting awfully similar to how AI works. FFS man I feel like we are headed to a dark place.
First and foremost, thank you so much for doing all of this research! It truly is incredible the subjects you research and tell us about!
Second. I might send this post up one of my daughter's teachers. My daughter is in highschool and the class' teacher teaches psychology. She will find this fascinating and most likely infuriating. She's told me that one of the most difficult things right now is being able to tell if a student has used ai/chat gbt on a paper that she's assigned.
For me, this is super stress inducing. I hate questioning if something is authentic. Thank you again!
Please do. I’ve gotten so many DMs from students who say their work is being wrongly flagged and they don’t know what to do about it. The simplest thing any of us can do right now is educate ourselves and each other on the standards of the tools being used to make these decisions.
There is a feature in Microsoft Word that is difficult to block. It can rewrite segments of your document if you touch the wrong key or possibly just on its own. It is copilot. I found it altering text in a manuscript and ended up abandoning writing on Word. (The alterations were rubbish, too.)
I bought Scrivner, which is a standalone, and can be used without linking to the internet. Since AI scrapes most of what we type, AI is plagiarizing us so it will be more and more difficult to decide which generated which.
I found a workaround for my work and I have only so much energy to relearn platforms. It is a matter of picking my battles. Younger people can and should pick their own. At three-quarters of a century in years I have done as much of my part as I am able for.
Hi Barbara, I understand the hesitancy, so I'd just like to share not only that OpenOffice is free (both as in beer and as in liberty), but it is designed to be a drop in replacement for Microsoft's Office programmes so the learning curve is - hopefully - extremely shallow.
I often claim that revolutions succeed only when the grandmas are on board and I've dreamt for decades that we can defund evil bigtech with OpenSource software, built through love.
I am so shocked that the AI policy did not receive the same coverage as this book recall! Thank you so bringing this all up! I think everyone who is concerned about hoe AI is impacting the country should call their congressperson asap… 😱
I feel like this what the Etymology Nerd, Alex Aleksic talks about in his videos on Youtube, here on Substack, AND his book AlgoSpeak. We really just mimic what we hear naturally, so of course we're all gonna copy AI just like so many online ppl use AAVE or incel speak. We really need to regulate this shit :/
I noticed it in podcast conversations sometimes- there will be certain phrases I hear as two people are just chatting that trigger the ‘is that AI?’ part of my brain
Poor Mia, this is terrifying. My niece is a writer working on her master's in American literature. I've read every single thing she has written since she could write. I've always known she would be a writer, she's been doing it since she learned how to write and read. I would be devistated and on a war path if she was ever accused of using AI knowing she most certainly did not. I imagine that's how Mia's loved ones feel. AI will ruin us all. 😞
Have her look into word processing programs that do not have built-in "helpers" ie spell check, grammar suggestions and Word's copilot. That will protect her. Compose off the internet, on airplane mode if you are paranoid.
Is it AI ruining us or a small set of terrible people using AI as an excuse to be mean to people? I'd argue it's more just terrible people who get a rise out of being terrible to people
What would it take to wake people up to the fact that human credibility and our humanity, itself, is on the line here with apparently no one who cares.
I have a bit of a dim view of the human race but surely we deserve better than that.
Thank you for all you do. I’m not sure how I found your videos but I’m glad I did, and I sincerely thank you for the work you’ve been doing. I will recommend you to anyone I know that wants to learn more about what’s going on but doesn’t know where to turn.
a couple people on goodreads, including a guy named Brandon who said he has a blurb on the cover or something, said the original artist was at some point compensated. Based on just the few reviews I just skimmed, I am guessing that was before mid January of this year. Personally I want to be warned if AI is used, label it like we do organic etc, just so that I can choose how I spend my money.
I watched some of that video about "this book is ai slop" and none of it made any sense to me. Nothing they said (to me) indicated the book was ai. It made me wonder about the whole story and now what you are saying here confirms my suspicions. It's ridiculous and I felt like they were searching for someone to blame for ai... not someone who was writing a book that I hope turns incredibly successful for her as she goes back to self-publishing it asap.
So thankful I found you! You are one of my favourite internet humans and I appreciate and value your work so much.
And I appreciate that you don't constantly hound for likes and subscriptions - I know I'm not alone in this. It gets exhausting to be constantly badgered for paid subscriptions. I support independent journalists, content creators and artists as I am able and I know everyone needs to put food on the table but my heavens, it's a huge turn off. There's no pressure from you and it's so refreshing! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
I look forward to every post. Always really high quality investigative journalism delivered with style. You rock.
That makes me so happy to hear! I really enjoyed writing/making this one.
Go on. Make me believe in journalism again. This is very good reporting.
thank you for making me believe in journalism again too (:
It seems like we are very quickly approaching the crossroads of AI being too much like real life and real life getting awfully similar to how AI works. FFS man I feel like we are headed to a dark place.
First and foremost, thank you so much for doing all of this research! It truly is incredible the subjects you research and tell us about!
Second. I might send this post up one of my daughter's teachers. My daughter is in highschool and the class' teacher teaches psychology. She will find this fascinating and most likely infuriating. She's told me that one of the most difficult things right now is being able to tell if a student has used ai/chat gbt on a paper that she's assigned.
For me, this is super stress inducing. I hate questioning if something is authentic. Thank you again!
Please do. I’ve gotten so many DMs from students who say their work is being wrongly flagged and they don’t know what to do about it. The simplest thing any of us can do right now is educate ourselves and each other on the standards of the tools being used to make these decisions.
There is a feature in Microsoft Word that is difficult to block. It can rewrite segments of your document if you touch the wrong key or possibly just on its own. It is copilot. I found it altering text in a manuscript and ended up abandoning writing on Word. (The alterations were rubbish, too.)
I bought Scrivner, which is a standalone, and can be used without linking to the internet. Since AI scrapes most of what we type, AI is plagiarizing us so it will be more and more difficult to decide which generated which.
everyone needs to shut off copilot completly on OS.
And, why aren't you using open source OpenOffice?
or, for that matter, Linux?
do business with Bill Gates and you get what you asked for. Evil
I found a workaround for my work and I have only so much energy to relearn platforms. It is a matter of picking my battles. Younger people can and should pick their own. At three-quarters of a century in years I have done as much of my part as I am able for.
Hi Barbara, I understand the hesitancy, so I'd just like to share not only that OpenOffice is free (both as in beer and as in liberty), but it is designed to be a drop in replacement for Microsoft's Office programmes so the learning curve is - hopefully - extremely shallow.
I often claim that revolutions succeed only when the grandmas are on board and I've dreamt for decades that we can defund evil bigtech with OpenSource software, built through love.
Happy writing, whatever you use though!
Another reason factory style education needs to go:
Our Education System: to “Destroy Freedom of Will [of the Student]”, By Design
https://jamiea811023.substack.com/p/our-education-system-to-destroy-freedom
Thanks for this video. It is truly thought provoking; and as an artist, it uncovers a truly devastating situation for our and future generations.
I am so shocked that the AI policy did not receive the same coverage as this book recall! Thank you so bringing this all up! I think everyone who is concerned about hoe AI is impacting the country should call their congressperson asap… 😱
I feel like this what the Etymology Nerd, Alex Aleksic talks about in his videos on Youtube, here on Substack, AND his book AlgoSpeak. We really just mimic what we hear naturally, so of course we're all gonna copy AI just like so many online ppl use AAVE or incel speak. We really need to regulate this shit :/
Yes, I've noticed this AI "dialect" showing up in human speech too and soooo much content!
I noticed it in podcast conversations sometimes- there will be certain phrases I hear as two people are just chatting that trigger the ‘is that AI?’ part of my brain
Poor Mia, this is terrifying. My niece is a writer working on her master's in American literature. I've read every single thing she has written since she could write. I've always known she would be a writer, she's been doing it since she learned how to write and read. I would be devistated and on a war path if she was ever accused of using AI knowing she most certainly did not. I imagine that's how Mia's loved ones feel. AI will ruin us all. 😞
Have her look into word processing programs that do not have built-in "helpers" ie spell check, grammar suggestions and Word's copilot. That will protect her. Compose off the internet, on airplane mode if you are paranoid.
Is it AI ruining us or a small set of terrible people using AI as an excuse to be mean to people? I'd argue it's more just terrible people who get a rise out of being terrible to people
favorite Internet human; thanks for everything
Whenever you post I am SAT!
Whenever you guys comment I am kicking my feet
What would it take to wake people up to the fact that human credibility and our humanity, itself, is on the line here with apparently no one who cares.
I have a bit of a dim view of the human race but surely we deserve better than that.
Thank you for all you do. I’m not sure how I found your videos but I’m glad I did, and I sincerely thank you for the work you’ve been doing. I will recommend you to anyone I know that wants to learn more about what’s going on but doesn’t know where to turn.
That Means a lot Zach thank you
a couple people on goodreads, including a guy named Brandon who said he has a blurb on the cover or something, said the original artist was at some point compensated. Based on just the few reviews I just skimmed, I am guessing that was before mid January of this year. Personally I want to be warned if AI is used, label it like we do organic etc, just so that I can choose how I spend my money.
Great Post
I watched some of that video about "this book is ai slop" and none of it made any sense to me. Nothing they said (to me) indicated the book was ai. It made me wonder about the whole story and now what you are saying here confirms my suspicions. It's ridiculous and I felt like they were searching for someone to blame for ai... not someone who was writing a book that I hope turns incredibly successful for her as she goes back to self-publishing it asap.
I felt the same way when I watched the video back in January.
Glad to know I am not alone with this...
So thankful I found you! You are one of my favourite internet humans and I appreciate and value your work so much.
And I appreciate that you don't constantly hound for likes and subscriptions - I know I'm not alone in this. It gets exhausting to be constantly badgered for paid subscriptions. I support independent journalists, content creators and artists as I am able and I know everyone needs to put food on the table but my heavens, it's a huge turn off. There's no pressure from you and it's so refreshing! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️