Earlier in the month, a “person “ subscribed to me. When I saw the name, it struck me that I should know it. When I realized who it was supposed to be, I thought it was scam and that the writer was dead. I checked and he is 89 and still publishing. The writer’s most famous nonfiction work was turned into an Academy Award Winning movie. But then the writer started a chat with me. And asked me all sorts of questions about writing and publishing and responding quickly in measured style: compound, compund-complex, and in affirmative statements. On the third exchange I began to get suspicious. So I copied and pasted a long response into an AI checker and…yep. AI all the way. I figure it was learning from my experiences so it could spit it back to someone else later. Another of my favorite writers, aged 78, discovered he’s being impersonated on X.
Our reality is increasingly looking like a sci-fi warning about a future where tests are administered to determine if the entity is human or AI—looking at you Blade Runner.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Book is good and so is the movie. The sequel had its moments. It’s a shame that fraud and scamming is a part of every day digital life.
One of the branches of my biz specializes in writing for tech companies. One of the clients (my main client) I have is developing an AI certification rn (for governance, data protection, risk management & other tech things)—needless to say AI has been top of mind for me in so many ways for the last couple of years as the news has been unfolding.
This article is great and digestible—I think it's a great neutral jumping off point for convos about ethical v unethical AI use. Good job!
Earlier in the month, a “person “ subscribed to me. When I saw the name, it struck me that I should know it. When I realized who it was supposed to be, I thought it was scam and that the writer was dead. I checked and he is 89 and still publishing. The writer’s most famous nonfiction work was turned into an Academy Award Winning movie. But then the writer started a chat with me. And asked me all sorts of questions about writing and publishing and responding quickly in measured style: compound, compund-complex, and in affirmative statements. On the third exchange I began to get suspicious. So I copied and pasted a long response into an AI checker and…yep. AI all the way. I figure it was learning from my experiences so it could spit it back to someone else later. Another of my favorite writers, aged 78, discovered he’s being impersonated on X.
Our reality is increasingly looking like a sci-fi warning about a future where tests are administered to determine if the entity is human or AI—looking at you Blade Runner.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Book is good and so is the movie. The sequel had its moments. It’s a shame that fraud and scamming is a part of every day digital life.
This is so interesting!
One of the branches of my biz specializes in writing for tech companies. One of the clients (my main client) I have is developing an AI certification rn (for governance, data protection, risk management & other tech things)—needless to say AI has been top of mind for me in so many ways for the last couple of years as the news has been unfolding.
This article is great and digestible—I think it's a great neutral jumping off point for convos about ethical v unethical AI use. Good job!