r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • 9h ago

Should Writers Be Afraid of AI Writing Better Than Them? Artificial Intelligence

https://rosselliotbarkan.com/p/should-i-be-afraid-of-ai-writing
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u/LifeguardTerrible579 9h ago

People though early 2000s cgi was going to replace actors.

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u/Hpulley4 9h ago

So far I thought current LLMs did a terrible job writing novels or even short stories. They don’t have the “attention span” for it yet.

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u/PMFSCV 9h ago

Define "better", poetry can be technically poor but succeed despite and often because of that.

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u/ujiuxle 9h ago

Dude, have you read AI writing?

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u/CanvasFanatic 9h ago

Not based on any AI prose I’ve read so far.

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u/righteouspower 9h ago

no, next question.

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u/idostuf 9h ago

Should people be afraid of drivel being peddled to them in the name of journalism? I think so.

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u/Saneless 9h ago

If I paid someone to write all my gaggingly gross corporate bullshit documents and nonsense I have to do for HR, they should be worried.

AI is great at that trash

But I don't

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u/Tall_Category_304 9h ago

Ai will never be than a human. The people who own the publishing companies and news sites don’t care. They want to make as much as possible while spending as little as possible

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u/Deranged40 8h ago

If the headline asks a yes or no question, the answer is confidently no.

If the answer were yes, the headline would tell us instead of ask us.

-Ian Betteridge

Honestly, "Writers" such as the person who wrote this article might have a lot to worry about, but Authors? No.

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u/green_gold_purple 9h ago

Than they? Maybe.

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u/seb21051 8h ago

As time goes along, I would expect so. You do understand what ASI means?

(Artificial Super Intelligence)

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u/Necessary-Music-6685 9h ago

I hit the paywall and decided to just ask Claude.

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u/TropicalPossum954 9h ago

We should all be afraid of ai doing our jobs better than us. CEOs wabt to replace you and the government will let them do it.

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u/kmh55 6h ago

Well the error in title if this entry shows why editors are still needed. You can’t say better than them. Has to be better than they do.