Fear and Loathing of AI

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Writers are terrified by AI (artificial intelligence), which can write its own stories, paint in the style of the masters, etc. I asked AI to “write a 600-word essay linking Denny Crum, Joe B. Hall, Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton in the voice of Hunter S. Thompson” to see how far it’s come. Sports fans will quickly find factual errors, such as Crum and Hall being teammates at the University of Kentucky (the AI must’ve been smokin’ some of Thompson’s dope), but hopefully, you can see why writers, including those striking in Hollywood, are scared. While it should have mentioned Hunter swilling Chivas Regal and Wild Turkey, here is what AI produced:

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