{"id":15857,"date":"2024-09-11T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/are-novelists-who-worry-about-the-rise-of-ai-really-classist-and-ableist-arwa-mahdawi\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:37:30","slug":"are-novelists-who-worry-about-the-rise-of-ai-really-classist-and-ableist-arwa-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/are-novelists-who-worry-about-the-rise-of-ai-really-classist-and-ableist-arwa-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Are novelists who worry about the rise of AI really \u2018classist and ableist\u2019? | Arwa Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

An international writing organisation appeared to greenlight the use of AI, prompting anger, the resignation of four board members and an entire creative community to ask: \u2018What?!\u2019<\/p>\n

Please spare a thought for artificial intelligence (AI). It may not have feelings yet but, if it did, it would feel devastated by all the nasty things people are saying about it. All it\u2019s trying to do is take our jobs and potentially destroy the world<\/a> and people can\u2019t stop being mean.<\/p>\n

Exhibit one: a recent controversy with the organisation that runs National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a yearly challenge to produce a manuscript in a month. In a recent statement, NaNoWriMo wrote that it doesn\u2019t explicitly support or condemn any approach to writing, \u201cincluding the use of AI\u201d. Further: \u201cThe categorical condemnation of artificial intelligence has classist and ableist undertones \u2026 questions around the use of AI tie to questions around privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters<\/a> section, please click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAn international writing organisation appeared to greenlight the use of AI, prompting anger, the resignation of four board members and an entire creative community to ask: \u2018What?!\u2019
\nPlease spare a thought for artificial intelligence (AI). It may not have feelings yet but, if it did, it would feel devastated by all the nasty things people are saying about it. All it\u2019s trying to do is take our jobs and potentially destroy the world and people can\u2019t stop being mean.
\nExhibit one: a recent controversy with the organisation that runs National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a yearly challenge to produce a manuscript in a month. In a recent statement, NaNoWriMo wrote that it doesn\u2019t explicitly support or condemn any approach to writing, \u201cincluding the use of AI\u201d. Further: \u201cThe categorical condemnation of artificial intelligence has classist and ableist undertones \u2026 questions around the use of AI tie to questions around privilege.\u201d
\nDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An international writing organisation appeared to greenlight the use of AI, prompting anger, the resignation of four board members and an entire creative community to ask: \u2018What?!\u2019 Please spare a thought for artificial intelligence (AI). It may not have feelings yet but, if it did, it would feel devastated by all the nasty things people …<\/p>\n

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