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Does AI-assisted writing count as cheating? This essay says the question is backward

Boing Boing published an essay arguing that the debate over whether AI-assisted writing counts as cheating is misguided, suggesting the question itself is backward. The piece highlights the polarized public reactions to AI, ranging from viewing it as harmful to seeing it as a path to a post-scarcity world.

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I'm fascinated by the range of human reactions to the increasing use of AI, especially when it comes to writing. A lot of people have made up their minds about it: It's garbage. It's evil. It's evil garbage. It's going to usher in a post-scarcity world and eliminate poverty. — Read the rest

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