The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka tried out an AI model fine-tuned and trained on his work:
No matter how many times I asked it to describe how I felt about being replaced, Robot Kyle always came to the conclusion that I would ultimately be happier as a result of my A.I. self. The program’s output reminded me of the fragility of language and original thought. As writers, we are all prone to falling into lazy patterns; avoiding them requires active effort. Robot Kyle is no different.
One hilarious possible outcome is that AI glurge makes real writers more expensive — but only, of course, if you care about quality. One more unsettling outcome is that you can train an AI to produce glurge in the style of a writer, ruining their reputation by mindlessly vomiting forth their prose tics.
[The New Yorker]
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