When Microsoft first introduced its Office assistant, “Clippy,” it was ridiculed by many. The cutesy animated paperclip came across as goofy, but the real problem was how annoying Clippy was: He popped up unexpectedly way too often, interrupting your work to offer inane recommendations you would invariably reject.… Story continues … “It’s Clippy’s world now”
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Writing with (and without) AI
Artificial intelligence complicates things for writers.
It’s complicating everything for everyone these days, sure. We all have AI in our faces all day long, whether we want it or not (and mostly we don’t).
But for writers, the existence of chatbots that can generate text — let’s not call it “writing” exactly, but content — seems like an existential threat.… Story continues … “Writing with (and without) AI”