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The STS Program presents:
On Crap and Writing with ChatGPT
Ava Thomas Wright  | Cal Poly SLO
Philosophy Department and Affiliate of Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering
Monday April 29, 2:00-3:30; Building 121, Room 1967-69
Abstract:  Some educators advise embracing the use of generative AI writers like ChatGPT in writing instruction. In this paper, I will argue that generative AI writers like ChatGPT pose a threat to practices of good communication in writing, and that we should in most cases avoid their use.  The reason, I argue, is that AI writers produce a form of speech that I will delicately refer to as “crap,” and crap is antithetical to good communication.

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