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Aug 9, 2023Liked by Matthew Kressel

Soooo...AI Plagiarism Detectors will just have to improve to keep pace with AI...LoL. Different than the old days when a student just had to make sure they plagiarized a source that the instructor was unaware of. I liken where we are now with AI to the early days of the internet, before effective plagiarism detectors had been developed.

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I subscribe to Grammarly. A few days ago, I received notice that they have launched their own AI app. I thought, "Why not give it a whirl?" The "story" it produced read like a decent Junior High School Creative Writing class product. Hackneyed, then, predictable and transparent. Yes, it had all of the elements of a "real" story, but just. I believe AI in writing will wind up being similar to when robots entered auto manufacturing. There was doom, gloom, and predictions that parts would be dumped in one end and cars would roll out the other. It hasn't worked that way. Not even close. Don't get me wrong, I believe that there IS a role for AI, but it will slide in to complement human effort, NOT replace it.

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Apr 26, 2023Liked by Matthew Kressel

Good points you made. There are so many reasons to keep making art, and nothing can replace the satisfaction of submitting a novel you have worked on for years!

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Mar 9, 2023Liked by Matthew Kressel

I write. Therefor, I am.

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All manuscripts will have to be handwritten...BWAH-HA-HA! That would count me out. Arthritis and a couple of bones were replaced in my dominant hand. Writing by hand is too difficult now. But I do see your point. But I wonder if we really have to. How is this any different from regular plagiarism...except for the obvious technological factor? I suppose technology could address the same problem it created. How about a robust electronic fingerprint embedded in any AI-generated document? Or a legal consequence: Anybody who presents an AI-generated as being their own creation for publication faces criminal charges and civil lawsuits for plagiarism if they are caught. In academia: An Honor system with harsh penalties if discovered-e.g. expulsions, professional abjuring, civil lawsuits, etc. I believe the answers are out there, but we MUST address this soon in order to catch up.

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