One of my former (and very long-term) freelance gigs, How Stuff Works, has replaced writers with ChatGPT-generated content and also laid off its excellent editorial staff.
It seems that going forward, when articles I wrote are updated by ChatGPT, my byline will still appear at the top of the article with a note at the bottom of the article saying that AI was used. So it will look as if I wrote the article using AI.
To be clear: I did not write articles using ChatGPT.
@kristenhg There has to be some kind of coordinated political pushback against this kind of shit at this point. Similar to FSF and EFF, but focused specifically on campaigning against unethical use of the technology that harvests and regurgitates human-sourced data, against mass provenance laundering.
@kristenhg Is there any surer sign of the death spiral of a website than its duplicitous misrepresentation of authorship? The future does not look bright for How Stuff Works, sadly.
@markusl@kristenhg Of course ortaniques aren’t playful – what do you expect if you keep calling them “low intelligence”? I wouldn’t play with you either! 😄
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