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DOWNSIDE OF AI “HUMANIZERS”
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Humanizers” are the new, big thing in Gen AI. They make your AI writing sound HUMAN! Still, they have a couple of glitches to be worked out. Below is the warning label that accompanies them: Caution! Humanizers can make spelling mistakes, use the passive voice, misplace modifiers, and write run-on…
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AI Walks Into a Bar…
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A few months back, a veteran joke writer from the world of late night went head-to-head in a joke writing contest with an AI tool called Witscript. A human comedian delivered the jokes to a live audience in North L.A. The result? Too close to call. Does that mean the…
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Does It Pay to be a Writer?
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In survey after survey, the news about writer’s incomes keeps getting worse. According to a piece in Wired earlier this year, those who wrangle words for a living have seen their incomes plummet 60 percent in the past 15 years. Most writers who write for a living can’t make a…
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A Ghost is a Ghost
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A little while back, the talented author J.R. Moehringer (The Tender Bar, Hyperion 2005) outed himself in the New Yorkeras the ghostwriter of Spare, Prince Harry’s memoir. The piece caused a stir both in the ghostwriting community and the publishing industry at large. On one hand, the article brought long overdue attention…
