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AI is Closer to Replacing Editors Than Writers

Ted Chiang, Barbra Kingsolver, and Me Espresso

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Sean deLone
Sep 12, 2024
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Two weeks ago, The New Yorker published an article by acclaimed science fiction writer Ted Chiang, who made a persuasive case for why AI, even beyond its technical limitations, can’t and won’t ever make art.  Essentially the conclusion he reaches is that AI can’t create art because it has no agency or meaning behind its output:

“It is very easy to get Ch…

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