Newspeak in an AI-Driven World (2021)

https://teapowered.dev/posts/ai-and-newspeak/

by galoisscobi • 5 years ago

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davidatbu• 5 years ago

Interesting essay.

My impression is that no claim in this essay is backed by an empirical study anywhere, (except that polarization drives engagement, I've seen a few studies about that I think). Would be glad to take pointers.

Something to note about the "uniformity" encouraged by tools such as Grammarly is that, these tools start to decrease the quality of writing mostly when used by experienced writers. Those who speak English as a second language and use Grammarly usually swear by it. Here's an in-depth, well-researched article about the consequences of AI in writing from the New Yorker, in which Paul Lambert, who oversees "Smart Compose" for Gmail stated:

“our most passionate group are the E.S.L. users. And there are more people who use English as a second language than as a first language.” These users don’t want to go beyond grammar yet—they’re still learning it.

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/can-a-machine-...

Newspeak in an AI-Driven World (2021)

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