"I feel that in a short period of time I've become very counter-cultural without meaning to, because I have a kind of like 'kill it with fire' attitude towards [AI]. I didn't consent to this, you know? And I guess, you know, we don't get to consent to the cultural changes that impact us; but I don't appreciate how it's all happened in what feels like about two years."
"Part of the appeal of the tech is its user-friendliness, allowing anyone to give an AI model instructions in plain language, no coding required. Because AIs like ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude are Large Language Models, trained on nearly immeasurable samples of the written word, many users turn to them to generate essays, cover letters, summaries and other kinds of writing."
AI technology is experiencing explosive growth, evidenced by its prominent presence in Super Bowl advertising and ChatGPT's 800 million weekly users in 2025. The technology's accessibility through plain language instructions has made it widely adopted for generating writing tasks. However, this rapid expansion has created substantial concerns among professional writers, journalists, authors, screenwriters, and educators. These creative professionals worry about how AI development impacts their fields and livelihoods. Notable author and educator Lisa Locascio Nighthawk expresses strong opposition to AI's implementation, noting her work was used in AI training without consent. The unauthorized incorporation of published works into AI models represents a central concern for the creative community.
#ai-ethics #creative-writing-concerns #unauthorized-data-use #technology-adoption #intellectual-property
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