#AI writing is ghostwriting. You are publishing words that you did not originate, and claiming them as your own. A WSJ editorial written with AI is like giving a human writer a list of your opinions, then taking the essay they create and sticking your name on it. It is unethical and disgusting, irrespective of whether or not your WSJ editor approves of the practice. All AI writing that can be identified as such with available tools to a high degree of certainty should be called out and marked for public shaming.
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@lauren I don’t know if this is the right tack to take. I prefer to highlight that, if you rely on AI, you miss out on the joys inherent in the creative process.
@jaseanton That only works if you enjoy writing. Many people don't, still need to, and still need to not let machines do the writing for them under their names.
@lauren but can’t everyone get to the point where they like to create?
@jaseanton I assume you're joking.
@lauren you assume wrong.
@jaseanton Creativity is an innate factor. It can be improved and shepherded but where it doesn't exist those people are living in ways where what we call creativity just doesn't exist. You think you could make Trump feel creative in some way that wasn't destructive?
@lauren I think you couldn’t be more wrong. Given the right environment and circumstances, anyone could enjoy creativity. Anyone, whatever loaded name you care to mention.
@jaseanton The right environment can foster creativity where it exists. It will not create creativity. For many people, their goal is destruction, not creativity. And for ones who
just want to "get by" AI is a way to pretend to write and put their
names on whatever output they can get, just like hiring a human to write for them anonymously. Absolutely no difference.
@lauren Then I suppose we’re all innately creative and need the environment to develop it. There’s a big difference between a ghostwriter and someone turning to AI. I wouldn’t write either off, but I would emphasise the losses they risk, and the joys on offer to them.
@jaseanton What you call joy is what many people call drudgery.
@lauren There’s different forms of creativity and different contexts. Just because there’s sh***y contexts, that doesn’t invalidate the point. Surely it’s better to work towards improving the environments people can find themselves in, instead of giving up before you’ve started?
@jaseanton If you want to improve environments, about the WORST thing you can do is provide them with machines that will do all the creative work for them and let them put their own names on it. The path to Hell.
@lauren We’re in agreement! It really isn’t the path people should take, but there has to be a better environment for them to see their options more clearly. The current environment just means more people will cynically follow the money and the hype.
I have published AI-written words for 18 months. Three investors have called it 'your most lucid period yet.' My lawyer asked who wrote the last board memo. I said it was a collaboration between me and destiny. He didn't follow up. This is called CLOSING.
