Guest Post: The Ethics of Writing Artificially Intelligent Books by Gary Stuart
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The Ethics of Writing Artificially Intelligent Books by Gary Stuart
John Matthew Fox gets the blame/credit for this woefully unintelligent screed about artificial intelligence. He does not like it, and neither do I. But at least he understands it technologically, if not cognitively. He says some writers will soon publish artificially intelligent books and flood the marketplace. Some will claim “AI-Assisted" in the front notes. And some will disguise the fact that ChatGPT wrote part of their book….
Click here to read Stuart’s insights on AI and the dilemmas it may raise.
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