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Roland Millward's avatar

AI will lead to mediocrity on a massive scale!

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Jack Herlocker's avatar

I use Grammarly, but at least half the time I see a suggestion and go, “Yeah, no,” then tap Ignore. But sometimes it will make me think, and okay, maybe one would better than three right there. And every so often it will catch something that autocorrect messed up. (Yes, it was autocorrect’s fault. Definitely. Prove me wrong. 😉)

I see AI editorial aids doing similar work. “You did not get to the subject of your article until the tenth paragraph. Did you intend to bury the lede, and if so, why?”

Alas, I also see AI “reporters” churning out trite short articles all over, which will be a shame, because writing crap like that is how a lot of today’s good reporters got their start.

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