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The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

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  • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
    alsweigart@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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    The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

    cynical13@social.vivaldi.netC albertcardona@mathstodon.xyzA defuneste@fosstodon.orgD tedmielczarek@mastodon.socialT glyph@mastodon.socialG 51 Replies Last reply
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    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

      The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

      cynical13@social.vivaldi.netC This user is from outside of this forum
      cynical13@social.vivaldi.netC This user is from outside of this forum
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      @AlSweigart both disappointing and not surprising. They don't care, so it makes it hard to care about their materials.

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      • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

        The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

        albertcardona@mathstodon.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
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        @AlSweigart

        This prompt ended up in a textbook? Somebody got paid for this, and perhaps even someone else got paid to edit it?

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        • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

          The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

          defuneste@fosstodon.orgD This user is from outside of this forum
          defuneste@fosstodon.orgD This user is from outside of this forum
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          @AlSweigart name and shame (at least I want to avoid those authors..)

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          • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

            The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

            tedmielczarek@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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            @AlSweigart if they can't be bothered to write it why would anyone bother to read it?

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            • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

              The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

              glyph@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
              glyph@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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              @AlSweigart the fact that this is physically on paper really feels like a final insult

              pythonbynight@hachyderm.ioP alsweigart@mastodon.socialA quantensalat@scicomm.xyzQ 3 Replies Last reply
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              • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                quantensalat@scicomm.xyzQ This user is from outside of this forum
                quantensalat@scicomm.xyzQ This user is from outside of this forum
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                @AlSweigart Hey if I have to read it in the end I might as well write it :))

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                • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                  The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                  futurebird@sauropods.winF This user is from outside of this forum
                  futurebird@sauropods.winF This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @AlSweigart

                  Expose the source! (probably, I can think of very few reasons not to)

                  How annoying.

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                  • glyph@mastodon.socialG glyph@mastodon.social

                    @AlSweigart the fact that this is physically on paper really feels like a final insult

                    pythonbynight@hachyderm.ioP This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @glyph @AlSweigart I feel like they really tried to automate the boring stuff of... writing? 😅 🥁

                    (Al vs AI... First round. FIGHT!)

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                    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                      The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                      jimfl@hachyderm.ioJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @AlSweigart I am revising my opinions about when it becomes reasonable to burn books

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                      • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                        The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                        markc568@beige.partyM This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #11

                        @AlSweigart The typesetting on this is complete garbage as well. Someone just copied/pasted all of this and called it good.

                        Of course when your end user is required to purchase your product, it probably doesn’t matter if it’s totally shit.

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                        • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                          The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                          lipow@norden.socialL This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @AlSweigart Well, as I always say: why read something that no-one cared enough to write?

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                          • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                            The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                            helenfernanda@social.vivaldi.netH This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @AlSweigart Livro de papel interativo. É só perguntar que ele responde pra você.

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                            • glyph@mastodon.socialG glyph@mastodon.social

                              @AlSweigart the fact that this is physically on paper really feels like a final insult

                              alsweigart@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @glyph Oh, but if you want one more insult:

                              ChatGPT would have caught this.

                              They didn't even bother to have AI edit their book.

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                              • glyph@mastodon.socialG glyph@mastodon.social

                                @AlSweigart the fact that this is physically on paper really feels like a final insult

                                quantensalat@scicomm.xyzQ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @glyph @AlSweigart Trees died for this... twice

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                                • pythonbynight@hachyderm.ioP pythonbynight@hachyderm.io

                                  @glyph @AlSweigart I feel like they really tried to automate the boring stuff of... writing? 😅 🥁

                                  (Al vs AI... First round. FIGHT!)

                                  alsweigart@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @pythonbynight @glyph Well that was easy.

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                                  • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                    @glyph Oh, but if you want one more insult:

                                    ChatGPT would have caught this.

                                    They didn't even bother to have AI edit their book.

                                    capeta@ursal.zoneC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @AlSweigart @glyph it's the absolutely lowest effort possible

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                                    • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                      @pythonbynight @glyph Well that was easy.

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                                      @AlSweigart @glyph KO!

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                                      • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                        The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                                        odd@mstdn.socialO This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @AlSweigart i just imagined the betrayal I'd feel if I went out of my way to buy a physical textbook, start reading it expecting to learning something that was written there by a fellow human being who was as excited to write all this...

                                        ...only to learn nothing I've read meant anything. It was all hallucinations. I'd be so angry and disappointed.

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                                        • alsweigart@mastodon.socialA alsweigart@mastodon.social

                                          The people who use AI to write for them don't even read the stuff they don't write.

                                          alterelefant@mastodontech.deA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @AlSweigart
                                          Text not worth writing are texts not worth reading.

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