Why Human Writing Is Worth Defending In the Age of ChatGPT::A specter is haunting the landscape—the specter of generative AI. First came fears that student cheating would explode, plus that artists and actors would be unemployed. Then the ante was upped: So…
Maybe because there’s that concept of entropy in Markovian processes. Or in simpler words - the bigger share AI-created stuff holds in the whole corpus of texts we read and use, the more degenerate they become over time.
Eh, guess, this doesn’t look simpler, but I’m just clumsy with words. The general idea is clear, I hope.
To clarify, by “they” do you mean the language models?
Both them and the texts they produce which in turn are used for learning.
Thanks. I see what you mean. When I first started reading about the topic someone brought up low-background steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel Grim but relevant topic!
Yes, it’s interesting. Especially since language and symbolics and text are somewhat more important for humanity than steel.
It is.