Wild Kat

Poet, researcher, translator, Meermädchen. AI-free thinking and writing.

[Wild Kat @Wild_kat274]

@JoanaCotar Ja, ist alles bekloppt. Und hier (wohne in NI) wird jetzt ohne Ende Panik vor den Neofaschisten geschürt, Veranstaltungen und Nahverkehr aus Angst auch in umliegenden Städten eingestellt, in denen nichts los ist.

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@Chrysothemida In harter Konkurrenz mit der "selbstbeweihräuchenden in medias res LinkedIn Posse" 😅

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@jan_dutkiewicz I think we should all just hang out on our couches and watch Netflix while AI thinks, writes, reads, and works *for* us.

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@davewingrave It's like using a translation programme to translate single words or phrases. Context is everything.

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Saying that if people can't tell the difference between an AI-piece and a human-written piece is sort of like saying it doesn't matter if we put toxins, chemicals, and other shit in the food, because people won't taste it.
It'll still destroy their bodies.

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@Drakarys_now @stanislavfort Checking if a paper actually contains the result for which it is commonly cited is your job as a PhD student... Also commonly known as "research" or "good scientific practice".

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@drmtown The issue is that writing and thinking have been institutionalised and formalised to the extent where AI can reproduce them and human-written texts can become indistinguishable from machine-produced predictions.

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@nabeelqu @johnrobertgage @GrantaMag And even if it's not, when it starts sounding soulless, repetitive, and meaningless, maybe we need better words to describe writing...

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@SheMirabelle @KemalOnor Yes, it's so bad - but you know what, after having encountered a lot of AI-generated crap, the poorly written human stuff almost feels like a fresh breeze of air ��

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@JoshHochschild We need conversations around how AI is - in addition to everything else - a breach of the unwritten writer-reader contract.

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@sschweb1 Does that mean it's 'better'? If we agree that writing has something to do with emotion and originality rather than being reproduction, then yes.

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@sschweb1 100% second this - every worst first student draft I ever read was more enjoyable than that ChatGPT crap, because it had intention and a soul. You can just tell there's genuine emotion going on, someone struggling with language to actually express something real and original.

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@AlanBreenAuthor Don't forget working another full-time job, because writing (usually) doesn't pay the bills 🙃

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@PreciousGNSD Many blurbs are shockingly bad though. I'll never forget when I was about to start reading New Moon (don't judge me, I was 13!) and the blurb straight up said that Edward was leaving Bella. First 100 or so pages spoilt...

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@meriwetheracdmy @athenaeumbc Such a great book!

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@RuthSummie this is just sad.

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@eleanoir @ClTYOFMON this! and if you actually want to write, why would you let a machine do it for you. it's letting a robot go to the gym for you.

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Honestly, being a writer and using AI to 'write' is just nonsensical. You are replacing yourself, handing over the thing that brings you joy and that you want to develop to a machine. Ergo you give up being a writer. It's like letting a robot play the piano for you.

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@pannapacker Just the fact that scholarly publications have been standardised to the point where they can be 'written' by AI tells you a lot about the state of academia & knowledge. Original thought can't grow in formal straightjackets.