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author: denten | ||
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title: Synthetic Text | ||
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> Consider the case of Hollywood Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 | ||
screenwriters—who went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and | ||
Television Producers in May of 2023. According to the agreement reached later that year in | ||
October, the Guild established regulations for the use of artificial intelligence, including | ||
provisions preventing unauthorized “writing or rewriting of literary material” by automated | ||
means. Unauthorized, in this case, entails the use of writers’ materials for machine learning | ||
and subsequent generation of text by machines. Simply put, writers didn’t want to be replaced | ||
by bots. | ||
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> Similar to synthetics in fashion, synthetic or “artificially generated” text implies an | ||
obverse quality—something akin to natural or organic textiles—which human minds and bodies may | ||
prefer to the simulated material. However, the history of industrial manufacture points to the | ||
long-term devaluation of artisanal labor in favor of the mass produced. Fast fiction may be as | ||
inevitable as fast fashion, and just as irresistible to the consumer. The mistake was ever to | ||
think creative work to be exempt from the advent of automation. | ||
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As appeared in "[Automi autori dai dizionari a | ||
ChatGpt](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NB90Wc08dA1rRC3vmk05vhSEoJGiNrHT/view?usp=sharing)," | ||
*L'Espresso* November 8, 2024 pages 80--82. Full English translation | ||
[here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gc4NmkjMWPZwaUkuSsjfSS0xE4SniLrrGPZR71ULeA0/edit?usp | ||
=sharing). | ||
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