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Post by John B on Nov 18, 2023 13:26:23 GMT -5
By the way, this is why I never read Popular Science/Popular Science articles. There are a few other "publications" I avoid for the same reason.
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Post by Dub on Nov 18, 2023 13:29:54 GMT -5
Another idea would be to find or create an editorial GPT that automates editing the AI produced copy. I mean, fair is fair.
These specialized GPTs can now be easily created without having to be a software developer.
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Post by billhammond on Nov 18, 2023 13:52:21 GMT -5
Another idea would be to find or create an editorial GPT that automates editing the AI produced copy. I mean, fair is fair. These specialized GPTs can now be easily created without having to be a software developer. What is a GPT? |
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Post by howard lee on Nov 18, 2023 13:57:23 GMT -5
Another idea would be to find or create an editorial GPT that automates editing the AI produced copy. I mean, fair is fair. These specialized GPTs can now be easily created without having to be a software developer. What is a GPT?
I don't really know, but this is a GTO.
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Post by coachdoc on Nov 18, 2023 14:27:03 GMT -5
I don't really know, but this is a GTO.
I do like the GTO. Don’t know(and don’t care) what that other thing is. |
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Post by drlj on Nov 18, 2023 14:27:29 GMT -5
Generative Pre-trained Transformers
Generative Pre-trained Transformers, commonly known as GPT, are a family of neural network models that uses the transformer architecture and is a key advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) powering generative AI applications such as ChatGPT.
And, I still don’t know what it is.
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Post by coachdoc on Nov 18, 2023 14:41:27 GMT -5
Could care less. Is it interesting does it suit my needs?
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Post by howard lee on Nov 18, 2023 14:52:14 GMT -5
Thank you for all your input, folks. The hypothetical editor would choose the path of least resistance, as would his co-editor, with whom he hypothetically consulted.
AI-generated text sucks. It gets the job done but doesn't have the sparkle of good human-generated prose, which can be sourced from genuine, not artificial, intelligence.
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Post by Dub on Nov 18, 2023 15:14:08 GMT -5
Another idea would be to find or create an editorial GPT that automates editing the AI produced copy. I mean, fair is fair. These specialized GPTs can now be easily created without having to be a software developer. What is a GPT? LJ got the definition right even though the definition doesn’t explain much. Recently, OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, announced a bunch of new capabilities that include enabling anyone with useful data to create a GPT that operates in a specific domain to perform specific tasks. Here is an excerpt from an article on Medium (by Thomas Smith, 15 Nov 2023) that discusses the announcement. What this means is that Howard could upload examples of good articles published on their Web site along with the company’s editorial guidelines and automatically process the AI-generated copy (or any other copy for that matter) returning a document much more suitable for publication. This is real stuff, not make believe. |
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Post by TKennedy on Nov 18, 2023 15:40:32 GMT -5
How close to retirement are you? Ditto |
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Post by drlj on Nov 18, 2023 15:47:45 GMT -5
There comes a time in every job when it is best to say good-bye and leave it to younger folks who will adapt to these changes easily. The company is not going to say, gee, we thought it over and you were right all along. We are going to do it your way! Instead, they will hire people who will do it all differently than it was done in the past and the company will probably move successfully into the future. Or they will implode and some other company will take their place. Either way, life goes on until it doesn’t.
The Hypothetical guy, hopefully, will retire and move on to bigger and better activities without spending valuable time worrying about how his former company does things, because it won’t matter. He will be enjoying his hypothetical life away from it all.
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Post by howard lee on Nov 18, 2023 18:17:37 GMT -5
The editor in this hypothetical situation, after considering all the good advice, has decided to keep it zipped and just go on as if nothing happened.
Dub, this website doesn't have a style guide. Every time said hypothetical editor tried to create one, some numb-nuts stepped in and took the project from him. And never finished it.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Nov 18, 2023 19:54:11 GMT -5
Copy additure is a innecessery job anywhey. LJ, you mispelled co-pay. Mike |
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 18, 2023 20:03:46 GMT -5
"The creator of autocorrect died. The funnel will be held tomato."
(Old joke.)
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Post by RickW on Nov 19, 2023 0:04:22 GMT -5
Late to the thread. I see a ton of stuff on AI generated content, as everyone is freaking out about it in the writing world. I appreciate you think this is dead copy, but the online checking tools for AI are not even remotely reliable, and there’s an excellent chance it’s just crappy writing. Unless you have some really good proof, your idea to not rock the boat is wise. This sucks, but this is what’s happening.
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Post by t-bob on Nov 19, 2023 0:44:41 GMT -5
Russells' excerpt "(And ironically, much AI-generated work reads like the kind of C-minus student writing that comes from kids with middle-school literacy skills.)"
I also see the AI-generated films, music, art, photos - "the experienced eye can spot it" C- in movies, music, art, photos (advertisements!)
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 19, 2023 7:22:06 GMT -5
As an aside, I read a lot of science fiction in my teens. I thought Isaac Asimov's writings about robots described a distant future. It turns out that it wasn't all that distant, eh?
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Post by millring on Nov 19, 2023 7:35:22 GMT -5
AI-generated text sucks. It gets the job done but doesn't have the sparkle of good human-generated prose, which can be sourced from genuine, not artificial, intelligence. I can only imagine how the French Impressionists must have felt as they aged out. I'm not bothered by all this. It's just what is. But tomorrow's "art" won't be today's. I think this is what great philosophers called the way life goes. |
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Post by John B on Nov 19, 2023 10:29:50 GMT -5
AI-generated text sucks. It gets the job done but doesn't have the sparkle of good human-generated prose, which can be sourced from genuine, not artificial, intelligence. I can only imagine how the French Impressionists must have felt as they aged out. I'm not bothered by all this. It's just what is. But tomorrow's "art" won't be today's. I think this is what great philosophers called the way life goes. I hear (see) what you're saying, John, but it feels like your just regurgitating other's thoughts. I'd like to see some original content from you. |
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Post by drlj on Nov 19, 2023 12:03:37 GMT -5
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