Recent reactions to an AI-generated story have sparked debates among writers about the implications of AI on creativity. While Sam Altman praised the story as beautiful, author Jeanette Winterson echoed his sentiments. However, Nick Harkaway criticized it as 'elegant emptiness' and expressed concerns about the potential impacts on creative rights and the challenges artists face against powerful tech companies. He stressed the importance of government policies in ensuring creators retain control and fair compensation for their works in a rapidly evolving landscape influenced by artificial intelligence.
I'm more interested by Winterson's suggestion that we treat AI as alternative intelligence. That makes it feel like a consciousness with which we can have a relationship,
This is why the government's choices are so important. Will they preserve or even strengthen the rights of individual creative workers, or pave the way for more tech billionaires?
With government backing, creatives can have a level playing field against billion-dollar multinational companies...
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