A netizenasked the internetfor advice after their entire family got sick from eating mushrooms misidentified in an AI-generated book.
First of all, we wanted to hear what common misconceptions about AI she has come across.
Its not really intelligent.
Only human beings can learn, communicate, understand, and make decisions.
What we call AI is merely an attempt to mechanically simulate the natural intelligence of humans.
Instead, it generates text based on prompting.
If we put in garbage, meaningless garbage comes out.
Also, AI isnt creative.
Since bias exists within existing human work, bias will also be found within AI.
In todays modern, fast-paced, digital, whirlwind age of AI… see what I did here?
Thats AI diarrhea as I call it in the Wild West of the internet.
Garbage AI writing from lazy people without any editing.
Some words and phrases tend to repeat in AI.
Cringy and spammy buzzwords I see are: unlock, elevate, propelled by, paramount, in conclusion.
Theres a lack of depth and humanity.
Theres no personal experience.
Theres no voice or tone.
Theres a cold, robotic heart and a predictable formulaic structure.
Its being used a lot and like any other tool it has value.
The problem comes when people have a go at use AI inappropriately.
A hammer is a useful tool when it comes to pounding a nail.
A hammer is a less useful tool when it comes to repairing a window.
As long as you use the tool correctly, its beneficial.
An appropriate use would be to use AI to generate an outline or something basic to get you started.
From a writers perspective, AI is lazy person bait.
But theres a reason for it.
People are making huge get-rich-quick promises and telling you AI writing is easy.
But then the harsh truth is, writing with AI isnt easy.
Essentially, human beings have to do the part that AI cant do: think and create.
Most people who let AI write their stories dont know how to edit them to be actually great stories.
And thats the whole problem.
So I dont think that AI is going to replace human writers any time soon.
People read books, articles, and poems to get an insight into the human experience.
For the time being, AI cant provide that.
It lacks authenticity, authority, credibility, depth, and uniqueness.
So I imagine in the future, well see an even bigger distinction between free content and paid content.
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To start, the GPT in ChatGPT stands for generative pre-trainedtransformers.
If youve ever heard someone talking about training their AI model, then this is where that becomes relevant.
This is all anoversimplification, but the principle stands.
Or, even worse, its used to create downright illegalcontent.
Imagine you are a digital artist with a specific style.
You have a sizable portfolio of your work online.
Remember, in most cases this is happening entirely without the permission of the actual humans making the work.
Perhaps they even asked it to make the entire book.
This would suggest that the creator of this work was aware of the risks and chose to publish anyway.
If AI wasnt a factor, the people behind the book would absolutely be liable in this case.
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