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Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

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Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

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Post by McBainiel »

I've been thinking a lot lately about why I don't like AI and ultimately I think it's because of its tone. I don't know why OpenAI made ChatGPT so wordy and almost unctuous.

I've realised I don't actually care about people using it for programming or brainstorming or whatever. It's just I feel so inslulted when I read something that is in the default AI voice.

So I don't know that I agree entirely with the writer of the piece but I get where he's coming from. AI writing is unpleasant to read. And I hope Medium reverses their decision.

Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

#12

Post by poszlem »

happytoexplain wrote: post #6
TekMol wrote: post #3

Ice delivery guy goes on strike. Demands ban of fridges.

Why be so snide and dismissive regarding people's livelihoods?

We have been through this exact scenario hundreds of times with different technologies. As usual, someone's loss is another's gain. For example, people who have ideas to express but are not native English speakers, or those who struggle with expressing themselves in writing, will absolutely benefit from this technology.

Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

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Post by TekMol »

happytoexplain wrote: post #6
TekMol wrote: post #3

Ice delivery guy goes on strike. Demands ban of fridges.

Why be so snide and dismissive regarding people's livelihoods?

What I tried to express is how we will look back on this in the future. Demanding a ban of AI will look just as insane as it would be to demand a ban of the wheel, metal, electricity, machines, computers or the internet.

Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

#17

Post by happytoexplain »

ziddoap wrote: post #10

> Unlike many, I don’t sit on the fence. I hate it with a passion. I think it’s an affront to humanity and will ultimately cause our downfall. If an article uses AI, even just for header images, I don’t read it. This seems just as silly of a take as the fervent supporters of sticking AI everywhere. AI helps in some areas (e.g. assisting medical diagnoses) and is shitty in others (e.g. spam content). I wonder if the a…

I'm somewhere between the author and a true-neutral stance. Something can be "an affront to humanity [that] will ultimately cause our downfall" and also "help in some areas". Those aren't mutually exclusive, logically, despite sounding that way.

Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

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Post by poszlem »

McBainiel wrote: post #11

I've been thinking a lot lately about why I don't like AI and ultimately I think it's because of its tone. I don't know why OpenAI made ChatGPT so wordy and almost unctuous. I've realised I don't actually care about people using it for programming or brainstorming or whatever. It's just I feel so inslulted when I read something that is in the default AI voice. So I don't know that I agree entirely with the writer of…

The reason people "dislike AI because of its tone" is that they only recognize AI-written text when it's poorly composed. It's likely that you're already interacting with AI-generated text without realising it.

Re: Why I'm leaving Medium: AI policy

#19

Post by stonethrowaway »

Just rest and vest brah.

In all seriousness though, there isn’t a competitive platform out there that won’t adopt AI or any other technology if it meant making money. If they chose not to, they would be giving ground to someone who would. That’s capitalism in a nutshell.

You aren’t their customer. It’s the eyeballs they’re after and, any particular authors word isn’t really precious. Enough authors/writers out there who are willing to replace you.

Remember kids: “Content” is the word for things _between_ the ads.

Cheers.

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