Hi, tenured professor here! "Professor at GMU" is definitely a scam, but the rest of us work pretty hard.
Readit Newsmold_aid commented on Tenure Is a Total Scam (2023) betonit.ai/p/tenure-is-a-... · Posted by u/barry-cotter
"Can AI chatbots write emotionally rich romance novels?" is the title for my tab preview, so gives you a look at the cultural imagination on display here.
FYI, the author, Coral Hart, offers sales figures, but:
"Ms. Hart has become an A.I. evangelist. Through her author-coaching business, Plot Prose, she’s taught more than 1,600 people how to produce a novel with artificial intelligence, she said. She’s rolling out her proprietary A.I. writing program, which can generate a book based on an outline in less than an hour, and costs between $80 and $250 a month."
Also:
"It’s impossible to gauge how many romance novels are produced with artificial intelligence. Many authors don’t reveal they use chatbots, for fear of alienating readers. (A survey of more than 1,200 authors across genres showed that about a third were using generative A.I. for plotting, outlining or writing, and the majority said they did not disclose their A.I. use to readers, according to BookBub, a book discovery site that released the poll last May.) Even some authors who publicly oppose the technology are secretly signing up for Ms. Hart’s classes, she said.
The rapid incursion of A.I. generated stories is rattling some in the romance business. Publishers and authors worry that books by real writers are getting lost in the sea of digital slop, as A.I.-enabled novels flood the market."
I'm worried that this will lead to a Prop 65 [0] situation, where eventually everything gets flagged as having used AI in some form. Unless it suddenly becomes a premium feature to have 100% human written articles, but are people really going to pay for that?
> substantially composed, authored, or created through the use of generative artificial intelligence
The lawyers are gonna have a field day with this one. This wording makes it seem like you could do light editing and proof-reading without disclosing that you used AI to help with that.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_California_Proposition_65
I think a lot of people are asking the question around many digital services; I'm pretty sure in areas like education and media "no AI!" is going to be something that rich people look for, sure.
Editing and proofreading are "substantial" elements of authorship. Hope these laws include criminal penalties for "it's not just this - it's that!" "we seized Tony Dokoupil's computer and found Grammarly installed," right, straight to jail
Nobody is trying to talk anyone out of their hobby or artisanal creativeness. A lot of people enjoy walking, even after the invention of the automobile. There's nothing wrong with that, there are even times when it's the much more efficient choice. But in the context of say transporting packages across the country... it's not really relevant how much you enjoy one or the other; only one of them can get the job done in a reasonable amount of time. And we can assume that's the context and spirit of the OP's argument.
>Nobody is trying to talk anyone out of their hobby or artisanal creativeness.
Well, yes, they are, some folks don't think "here's how I use AI" and "I'm a craftsman!" are consistent. Seems like maybe OP should consider whether "AI is a tool, why can't you use it right" isn't begging the question.
Is this going to be the new rhetorical trick, to say "oh hey surely we can all agree I have reasonable goals! And to the extent they're reasonable you are unreasonable for not adopting them"?
For the AI skeptics reading this, there is an overwhelming probability that Mitchell is a better developer than you. If he gets value out of these tools you should think about why you can't.
"Why can't you be more like your brother Mitchell?"
mold_aid commented on OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been jakequist.com/thoughts/op... · Posted by u/jakequist
What are the actual numbers on these purpotedly all-encompassing mac mini sales?
>This academic year, some English professors have increased their preference for physical copies of readings, citing concerns related to artificial intelligence.
I didn't get it. How can printing avoid AI? And more importantly is this AI-resistance sustainable?
>How can printing avoid AI?
Every online service in the university has an AI summarization tool in it. This includes library services.
>And more importantly is this AI-resistance sustainable?
It can get in line. Engl academics have been talking about sustainability for decades. Nobody cared before, professors aren't going to care now.
mold_aid commented on How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills anthropic.com/research/AI... · Posted by u/vismit2000
I agree the title should be changed, but as I commented on the dupe of this submission learning is not something that happens as a beginner, student or "junior" programmer and then stops. The job is learning, and after 25 years of doing it I learn more per day than ever.
The study doesn't argue that you stopped learning.
mold_aid commented on How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills anthropic.com/research/AI... · Posted by u/vismit2000
That itself sounds contradictory to me.
I assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers.
We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average.
Are the two sentences talking about non-overlapping domains? Is there an important distinction between productivity and efficiency gains? Does one focus on novice users and one on experienced ones? Admittedly did not read the paper yet, might be clearer than the abstract.
Not seeing the contradiction. The two sentences suggest a distinction between novice task completion and supervisory (ie, mastery) work. "The role of workers often shifts from performing the task to supervising the task" is the second sentence in the report.
The research question is: "Although the use of AI tools may improve productivity for these engineers, would they also inhibit skill formation? More specifically, does an AI-assisted task completion workflow prevent engineers from gaining in-depth knowledge about the tools used to complete these tasks?" This hopefully makes the distinction more clear.
So you can say "this product helps novice workers complete tasks more efficiently, regardless of domain" while also saying "unfortunately, they remain stupid." The introductiory lit review/context setting cites prior studies to establish "ok coders complete tasks efficiently with this product." But then they say, "our study finds that they can't answer questions." They have to say "earlier studies find that there were productivity gains" in order to say "do these gains extend to other skills? Maybe not!"