The dangers of arty-ficial intelligence

As AI allows anyone with a keyboard to become a writer or an artist, the world has become a more tedious and more dangerous place

Who would have thought that AI could become so boring so quickly? I feel an urgent obligation to devote a column to its fall from grace, but it appears to be happening faster than I can type. Last month, Nvidia’s stock rose faster than a SpaceX test shot before dropping even faster. Now Amazon reports that its Kindle self-publishing platform has been flooded by such a torrent of AI-generated bodice-rippers that it’s imposing an upload limit of only three books a day on its customers. Amazon stops short of banning AI-generated content altogether, however, so ChatGPT remains a cancer on the body of the publishing industry in more ways than just crap e-novels. When I review a book, I often look at other people’s reviews online, not to plagiarise them but…

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