AI isn’t about unleashing our imaginations, it’s about outsourcing them. The real purpose is profit

Image caption: ‘When we make something, the end product isn’t the only thing that matters. In fact it may not even be the thing that matters most.’ Image credit:  Rokas Tenys / Alamy. Opinion article by James Bradley. The Guardian – November 15, 2024.

Artificial intelligence doesn’t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether

Back in 2022, when ChatGPT arrived, I was part of the first wave of users. Delighted but also a little uncertain what to do with it, I asked the system to generate all kinds of random things. A song about George Floyd in the style of Bob Dylan. […]

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