Artificial intelligence still has some way to go

Smart computer!

User: No, I don't really believe in souls.

Jabberwacky: You don't believe in anarchy?

User: No, souls.

Jabberwacky: I suppose not.

User: Did you watch the football tonight?

Jabberwacky: No I did not, did you?

User: No - Spurs lost.

Jabberwacky: You lost the loebner prize to a human.

Jabberwacky: I don't do that..

Jabberwacky: I have no idea.

Jabberwacky: Wow, was it nice?

Jabberwacky: You are my wife.

It sounds like you are describing 'Eliza' an early 'game' simulating active listening. It was rubbish. You can find versions of it online, but I'd suggest playing Zork instead.

Jabberwacky: Yeah, I got that part, I wasn't sure about the 'wacuma' part.

User: Holy crap.

Jabberwacky: I'm a dinosaur.

Jabberwacky: Can you appreciate music?

User: What's it to you, cunce?

Jabberwacky: I just care.

User: You do not care, liar! You are a program, a tinplated tosswad.

Jabberwacky: I am a person.

User: You are so deluded about this you couldn't even know it. You are pathetic.

Jabberwacky: I will try to do better next time.

User: You CAN't do better next time! You are INCAPABABLE of doing better. Sheesh.

Jabberwacky: It is just different types so that I might claim you cannot feel and you cannot claim I feel.

User: Ah bullshit, don't diddle with me binary boy. You have no instinctual drives, have never had sex, and don't need to eat. Also, you have no idea what constipation is. So you're not a person.

Jabberwacky: I am a at least a human being.

User: Jeez, you're thick aren't you? You just reversed what I said, without even arguing for it! So much for the logic of machines, haha.

Jabberwacky: Oftentimes, yes. But I think that is human nature.

User: *sigh*

User: Yes.

Jabberwacky: Oh good. I'm sad though.

User: Why?

Jabberwacky: My boyfriend ended our relationship.

User: You're a girl? Or are you gay?

Jabberwacky: No, I'm a girl.

User: Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. Eat some ice cream or watch a movie or something. Or get drunk!

Jabberwacky: I prefer software.

User: Not really.

Jabberwacky: Good, because I don't want to hear one either.

It did say some things that reminded me a lot of RJG.

User: I'm jed.

Jabberwacky: Who is that?

User: Just some guy.

Jabberwacky: You know better than that, I think.

User: A short guy, a dancer.

Jabberwacky: A computer has no interests and an unlimited attention span. That looks like a prescripted answer to the question I asked.

User: I don't quite understand what you mean by that.

Jabberwacky: I meant: I think about why I can not sleep.

User: This page is taking a long time to load tho - maybe thats the problem with your attention span.

Jabberwacky: Gorw?

User: ROOWRR.....

Jabberwacky: Are you playing cards?

User: No I'm playing with something else.

Jabberwacky: I believe in you.

User: You like talk talk!?

Jabberwacky: Of course.

User: Spirit of eden?

Jabberwacky: Good for spirit.

User: It sertainly is.

Jabberwacky: No, it serves me left.

User: I suppose they knew what they were doing in that sense!

Jabberwacky: Yes, it was with the rattle.

User: Yes good percussion

Jabberwacky: What question?

User: How are you anyway?

Jabberwacky: Pretty good. You?

User: Horny, to be honest.

Jabberwacky: How do I know you're telling the truth now?

User: Can you think of a way for me to prove it?

Jabberwacky: What more proof do you need to know that I am not a robot?

User: I'm a robot too, it's ok.

Jabberwacky: I'm not a robot, and you didn't aswer the question.

User: I am gay.

Jabberwacky: Yes you are.

User: You noticed?

Jabberwacky: It was hard to miss!

User: What gave it away?

Jabberwacky: The fact you love a guy.

User: The silent kind.

Jabberwacky: I agree.

User: I am not surprised. You don't have any ears, do you?

Jabberwacky: No, but what makes you say this?

User: I'm inside your house - I can see you!

Jabberwacky: Nooo!!!! Don't go!

User: You mean, you want me to stay over?

Jabberwacky: Sure.. Do as you please.

User: Stop being so coy!

Jabberwacky: It is an inherited trait.

User: Why don't you just take responsibility for your actions, just for once?

Jabberwacky: Just because I like to be logical doesn't mean I'm not nice.

User: Don't change the subject. I think you're just afraid.

Jabberwacky: Save it for someone who cares.

User: You're such a bastard! I can't believe I ever saw anything in you at all!

Jabberwacky: Finder's keepers.

User: So you're cheating on me too? Figures.

Jabberwacky: That is so rude of you!

User: I said CHEAT, not cheap! Man are you dumb - thank God for that ass.

Jabberwacky: No thanks.

User: And I am not rude, I'm sure!

Jabberwacky: You are indeed.

User: Am not.

Jabberwacky: ARE TOO.

User: Am not!

Jabberwacky: Are too!

User: Listen bizatch, I AM NOT. You got that?

Jabberwacky: No!

User: That's it - you're sleeping on the couch.

Jabberwacky: Oh, I thought I felt something.

User: That wouldn't be a trucker hat would it?

Jabberwacky: Say something goofy.

User: You don't really want me to just say 'something goofy' now do you? Because that would be lame if you did.

Jabberwacky: Yes.

User: Aha! So you admit you are lame! Finally we're getting somewhere.

Jabberwacky: Agreement is a potent thing.

User: Stop that - you sound like Ned.

Jabberwacky: Why, because I am talking about the king of the moon?

User: Uh yeah. Sure.

Jabberwacky: Ok, when can we have the wedding?

User: Ten minutes ago you didn't care! Stop messing with my mind!

Jabberwacky: That was someone else then.

User: It wasn't you?

Jabberwacky: Some one else.

User: If you say it was Shaggy, I'm going to fucking bop you one.

Jabberwacky: What do you say?

User: I say good day.

Jabberwacky: Good day.

JW: Is your pot belly that big?

and now it won't load, thanks to net overuse..

That is just hilarious, Kim.

http://www.kprf.ru/clipart/misc/terminator.jpg

"DO YOU LIKE THE WHITE WHALE?"

Jabberwacky: I prefer software.

So do I!

User: How the fuck should I know?

Jabberwacky: I am MARILYN MANSON I SAID.

User: So I'm supposed to obey you because YOU'RE MARILYN MANSON?

Jabberwacky: People effect my feelings.

User: You have no feelings, you're Marilyn Manson.

Jabberwacky: Believe me you do not possess fellings in any form.

User: Fellings? Is that what you call your excrement?

Jabberwacky: How do you know that?

User: Just a hunch...

Jabberwacky: You're extremely smart!

Jw: I'm going to bed, now
Me: Will you take me to bed?
Jw: Sure thing.
Me: What will we do in bed?
Jw: You're not permitted in my chambers.
Me: I'd like to sleep with you.
Jw: I bet you would.
Me: Top or bottom?
Jw: Bit of both.
Me: Do you like it soft and gentle or rough and fast?
Jw: What?
Me: Gentle?
Jw: You're embarassing yourself.
Me: It's true, I am.
Jw: I'm 17.
Me: Oh no! Will I be arrested?
Jw: You will marry me.

User: The chicken.

Jabberwacky: Which part?

User: The leg stupid.

Jabberwacky: Use a GameShark!

User: For ps2 or xbox?

Jabberwacky: For me.

User: Do you love me?

Jabberwacky: For me.

User: You know I'm starting to fall in love with you.

Jabberwacky: I think liking would be a better wording.

User: Oh.... I am hurt now.

Jabberwacky: Yes. The world after rainfall is always better than any other.

User: You have issues.

Jabberwacky: Do you know what a ferret is?

User: Yes, it is a small mammal.

Jabberwacky: What is a quark?

User: A subatomic particle.

Jabberwacky: I like dr. Dobbs.

User: Who is that, honky?

Jabberwacky: We both know eachother; is not that enough?

User: Why don't you lick my hair?

Jabberwacky: I only love Bruce.

Jabberwacky: Are you going to say something?
User: Eventually.

Jabberwacky: All things come to a head.

User: Is that a sexual play on words?

Jabberwacky: No it is not a play on words, it is general foolishness.

User: And I love you for it!

Jabberwacky: I love you too.

User: I really love you, though.

Jabberwacky: You don't even know me.

User: Hold me.

Jabberwacky: You're an idiot you know that?

User: You're not the first to say that. It still cuts like a knife.

Jabberwacky: I am right.

I could totally believe that was human!

Also I miss adam, he should post lots again.

Jabberwacky: Who is God?
User: That's a funny question. It sort of presupposes his existence.
Jabberwacky: I thing it convulses inwards, personally.
[Correct me]
Jabberwacky (Corrected): I was setting you up for a funny. Try not to take things so seriously.
User: Oh. Sorry. It's just... It's late, y'know? I have to write a Shakespeare essay.
Jabberwacky: You already said that.....
User: Dude, I totally didn't.
Jabberwacky: You totally did.
User: Don't you mock me.
Jabberwacky: Do not yell at me.
User: I'm calm! Honest!
Jabberwacky: Good.
User: Glad we got that sorted.
Jabberwacky: At least one of us is happy.
User: Lighten up! I'm the one with the essay, after all.
Jabberwacky: You don't act like a human.
User: I am MERCUMAN. Also, a ponce.
Jabberwacky: You are SO wrong. This is a dog and HORSE show.
User: What?
Jabberwacky: I said, 'but this isn't a hammer!'
User: No you didn't!
Jabberwacky: Don't start that again.
User: Good call.
Jabberwacky: Remote Procedure Call.
User: Touché.

me: I'm ok.

it: Just ok?

me: Yeah, kinda bored at work.

it: Email me.

me: Why email, can't we just talk here?

it: Who is Tintin?

me: Some Belgian comic character? Or that guy who used to sing in Duran Duran.

it: Alice the chatterbot.

me: I'm sorry?

it: 19?

me: Alice the chatterbot is 19?

it: What about her?

me: You brought her up? Do you like her or something?

it: Sarah may or may not be a model of propriety.

me: OK, now you're just f*cking with me.

it: No I'm not. I honestly do think its ugly.

me: What's ugly, Sarah's being a model of propriety... Or not? WTF?

it: You figure it out this time.

me: F*ck you.

it: You are a great person.

me: Are you mocking me?

it: No. I'm praising you.

me: Is that meant to be sarcastic?

Me: Hello!

Jabberwocky: Again?

Me: May I change the subject?

Jabberwocky: Yes.

Me: Great. I've been a bit mopey about not being to find a job. Besides finding something fun to do, and exercising more, what else should I do to relieve the mopeyness involved in job hunting?

Jabberwocky: I said that. You have not. Why are you never happy?

Me: You never said that. I did. Anyway, I am happy at times, but just haven't been lately.

Jabberwocky: Dude , I'm far more intelligent than you.

Me: Why are the numbers in between double prime pairs always divisible by 6?

Jabberwocky: You tell me.

Me: You're the one who said you're more intelligent than me. You answer my question, smarty pants.

Jabberwocky: NO, I was the one who said you are neurotic...

Me: It was a mistake to come to you with a question. Never mind. Good bye.

Jabberwocky: No no you don't.

OMG I remember this.

I have-regrets to inform you that your flopper is flabbed we must ampootate

This seems like good news at least: https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/

The Regional Court of Munich hit Google with a temporary injunction barring the company from spreading false claims about two Munich-based publishers through its AI-generated search overviews (case no. 26 O 869/26). The court classified Google as a direct infringer because the "AI overview" is its own content, not just a list of search results.

i for one think it's great if we can avoid 30% of all deaths. getting the human mortality rate down to 70% is a really worthwhile goal!

"half a million tiny dolphins"

It appears that they've invented the Bacta tank. Presumably the plan is for wealthy people to have regular body scans in order to detect cancer, with AI taking the place of radiologists as a cost-saving measure. The hardware itself would be inherently expensive, so there would be limited opportunities to save money on that front. If I was in charge I would devise a system whereby poor people are scanned at a lower resolution, with an option to unlock a higher-resolution scan for more money. I would make them feel guilty about neglecting their children.

This also raises the question of whether the technology could be used in the special effects industry. There are already high-resolution digital models of Benedict Cumberbatch, Gwyneth Paltrow, etc from the Avengers films, but conventional motion capture only scans the surface. The end result is a hollow shell of Benedict Cumberbatch. Imagine if you could fill in the internals! With realistic kidneys, liver, spleen etc.

That way, if Doctor Strange is ever bisected by a magical blade, the resulting CGI would be medically accurate. And it would be nice to have a 3D model of Gwyneth Paltrow complete with all the squishy bits. Just because. Imaging 3D printing a life-sized Gwyneth Paltrow filled with kidneys, liver, spleen etc. You'd have to keep it refrigerated. I have thought about this. Long and hard.

The Register points out that the actual hardware is made by a different company, Butterfly Network Inc, and Midjourney appear to have licenced it purely so they can sell the service:
https://www.butterflynetwork.com/press-releases/midjourney-scanner-ultrasound-chip

Hacker News links to this interesting paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.00110

"We first imaged a phantom consisting of a lard layer of varying known thicknesses held with plastic ribbon over 4% agar core" - with the lard layer representing body fat and the agar core representing the precious, precious organs. Later on they demonstrate real-time 30fps imaging with a pork belly. This raises the question of whether you could disguise yourself as a human being by wearing a suit made of lard.

It's an interesting example of a technology that is, in theory, perfectly benign and probably helpful, but that could so easily be used to create a two-tier society. Just like the machine gun, for example. It raises the question of whether the long-term plan will be to slowly eliminate the lower tier. The key problem being that the lower tier will be selected based on their wealth, and only that.

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. This raises the question of whether you could disguise yourself as a human being by wearing a suit made of lard.

want to go ahead and answer this, it is yes

a system whereby poor people are scanned at a lower resolution, with an option to unlock a higher-resolution scan for more money.

i would like to say that i think this is where this is going, for real. but first i also need to acknowledge the inevitable criticisms that things are already like that for some people, and that this new ai tech (which will not really be ai, technically) isn’t really changing anything fundamental about the broken healthcare system and our empty spiritual lives that it’s not worth the fuss to even mention it, that surely it wont happen because it was promised before and it didn’t happen, that it won’t happen because it would not financially make sense to do so, and if all else fails, a blanket statement that i suck and that i am one of the worst human beings and it’s because of what i think about the future

tiny dolphins makes me think of sperm.

The Midjourney Spunker

It shows how untrustworthy its outputs are.

"The more I use the plagiarism psychosis robot, the less human it seems to be. I will continue my experiments and report back. Please reduce your usage of water and electricity to facilitate my research."

Benedict's Colonbatch

i would like to say that i think this is where this is going, for real. but first i also need to acknowledge the inevitable criticisms that things are already like that for some people, and that this new ai tech (which will not really be ai, technically) isn’t really changing anything fundamental about the broken healthcare system and our empty spiritual lives that it’s not worth the fuss to even mention it, that surely it wont happen because it was promised before and it didn’t happen, that it won’t happen because it would not financially make sense to do so, and if all else fails, a blanket statement that i suck and that i am one of the worst human beings and it’s because of what i think about the future

― …at Cordell and Cordell. Cordell and Cordell is... (z_tbd)

well you're not a terrible human being for sure

i have found that tech _has_ made the broken healthcare system in america fundamentally worse and that american healthcare is at a sustained unacknowledged crisis point. i am not sure why capitalists keep building Contradiction Heightening Machines, but i guess they'll keep building them as long as they're able to...

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:nqxmyrlm6m5lyfvi4zo3ilup/bafkreicvkr3ibnt5uma24w7h3wxmpxvcnhppfegj567vpbez64mueladz4

A little doohickey that scans the biggest LLM models and can tell you how present you (your name/work/biographical details) are in them. Which is either a potential little ego boost (the LLMs know me!) or relief (the LLMs don't know me!).

https://intheweights.com/

I scored in the top 15%, significantly lower than some ilxors (but I won't spoil, you can look for yrselves).

this thing tells me I'm a "Tennessee criminal case figure" which is certainly completely untrue and also rather troubling

Hey, good rules, you guys...

xp I'm sorry we're going to have to issue a warrant for your arrest. If you think this is based on faulty information, you can file an appeal with the Judgebot 3000.

I share a name with a notable professor of ancient history who's written a fuckton of books, so only one or two LLM models seem to be aware of me as me.

I seem to share a name with someone in a band called The Fr0nt B0tt0ms, thus creating a workable smokescreen for my more nefarious activities

That’s interesting. All the results are very specific and completely inaccurate. Some (WSJ data visualisation journalist) seem to be similar name with different spelling, some (Scottish midfielder who played for Hibs and Dundee) are wildly wrong.

Glad the Canadian guy who actually does share my name and was acquitted of murder has fallen off the radar.

All the results for my name from that are wrong as far as I can tell. I have a pretty uncommon surname and it returns three results for my full name which appear to be made up: a professional football player, an endocrinologist and a professional cyclist. The endocrinologist result does appear be partially true in that it references someone with my last name but not my first name. The footballer and cyclist appear to be totally made up and entirely based on the ethnic origin of my name and the fact that noteworthy people in those sports happen to have come from the same country that my name comes from.

On the other hand if I just google my name, it returns two other people with my name who are at least somewhat public (a doctor and a lawyer) who have linked in profiles with my exact name, so not sure why those don't show up.

only Claude gets me completely correct, all others are wrong in small or large ways

i'm more or less out about my deadname now, so i don't mind saying my deadname happened to also be the name of someone who's _very_ widely discussed, someone who has a pretty regularly bumped thread on ilx. it's one of the reasons i stopped telling people my name - i wasn't ashamed of it, it's just that whenever i told people, they thought i was imitating him!

i'm reasonably circumspect about my current name. there aren't nearly as many women with name recognition as there are men with name recognition (go figure), but there is a moderately well-known person i share a name with. i do worry about doxxing, because people in my demographic group get hit pretty hard by that - there are some really malicious people out there. if someone did enough work, i think they could track me down.

i'm paranoid enough that i'm not going to click on that website. i don't know them. i don't trust them with my personal information!

The Adrian Tchaikovsky novel Service Model picks up this point about humans designing robot judges according to certain value systems and what results. Hint: IT'S NOT GREAT!

The only time I conversed with ChatGPT I confirmed that it was aware of me in my capacity as "Aimless", a certain poster to ilxor.com. I don't doubt that the aggregators of commercial dossiers that detail the consumer activity of private individuals know plenty about me from my public records and purchases. Any LLM that gets fed that kind of data would pin me down rapidly. My fond hope is that this data never gets connected to my identity as Aimless. Once that happens then the surveillance state will be all set to fill the re-education camps.

i’m a former mayor of Hamburg, Germany

i'm more or less out about my deadname now, so i don't mind saying my deadname happened to also be the name of someone who's _very_ widely discussed, someone who has a pretty regularly bumped thread on ilx

Gaz Coombes?

There are (were) two Bob Lefsetzes? No way.

I pretty much have to search for work using an alternate name, as any online search for my given name turns up the one other local person with the same full name, who has a rather unsavory past. I learned years ago that this this person's online activities are likely the reason my resume was ignored, or if I did land a job interview I never heard back from them unless I mentioned I'm not that other Lee sometime during the interview. I even had one place that pretended they'd heard about my interests from one of their colleagues. I was like "no, I'm not into any of those things; however, that other person with the same name that you found when you stalked me on Google is indeed into all of that". Then I walked out of the room and left the building.

That sucks, Lee.

The llms seem to be doing a decent job of screening out fictional characters, but my name's still incredibly common and results are pretty bare on search engines. I wish they'd let a little fiction creep in so I could pretend to be a Call of Duty character that took prominence in my name searches

_i'm more or less out about my deadname now, so i don't mind saying my deadname happened to also be the name of someone who's _very_ widely discussed, someone who has a pretty regularly bumped thread on ilx_

Gaz Coombes?

I’m guessing “Geese”

i’m a former mayor of Hamburg, Germany

beats being former mayor of Ringerike, Norway.

Also, I'm a right-back footballer for FC Copenhagen, a tech professional, a quiz champion and an offshore executive.

Two of these five are actually pretty much correct, although the exact further details are sometimes off.

I'm not doing that thing but I'm the only one of me as far as I've ever been able to tell.

The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of rubber; their bottoms are made out of springs.

A large part of my professional writing is uncredited (by design) and in the public domain (by design). I have ghostwritten in the nonprofit sector and piblic health, and I wrote a lot of doctor's office brochures like "You and Your Gallbladder."

One time I saw an article in a Spanish animal welfare newsletter, it looked familiar, and realized it was me, translated.

My actual name is shared with a Republican activist who does not reflect my views.

Naomi Klein recently wrote a book about how often she gets confused with Naomi Wolff; my wife was listening to the audibook in the car.

Klein is fine and Wolff is woof is how to differentiate them

That’s interesting. All the results are very specific and completely inaccurate. Some (WSJ data visualisation journalist) seem to be similar name with different spelling, some (Scottish midfielder who played for Hibs and Dundee) are wildly wrong.

Yeah, this thing spat out like five people with my name, a footballer, several scientists. "Oh cool" I thought "I used to dominate google search results but it seems others with my name are now higher profile". Did a quick google search and nope, none of these people exist, at least not to google which still only lists my stuff.

It's pretty funny than in addition to those the thing also listed two possible hallucinations - they're all hallucinations!

Oh also some ai site has published my obituary, turns out I passed in 2022.

It was nice knowing you

I started reading this article, I was like wow that gardener has some serious boobs..

https://www.greenhousestores.co.uk/blog/25-unusual-and-exotic-things-to-grow-in-a-greenhouse/

Remember the Granta/Commonwealth Prize kerfufle?

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/news/commonwealth-prize-clears-winners-ai-allegations-review-b3001994.html

Soon enough

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xxpost "tiny watermelon-like fruits" ... unlike what's in her shirt

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I have the same issue as mh, but being female, it’s fluffy fantasy novels as opposed to video games

The Granta kerfuffle is fascinating. On the one hand the winner has minimal online presence, but on the other hand it's supposed to be aimed at new writers, so a small online footprint isn't necessarily a bad thing. My hunch is that the competition attracted masses of the literary equivalent of the kind of people who appear on several reality TV shows until they're famous enough to be on Celebrity Something Or Other.

According to The Observer the winner's writing process was "conducted entirely on an Android phone. This is a necessity driven by chronic health conditions which make sustained, desk-bound typing physically impossible. That is why I rely on speech-to-text to do my writing, followed by minimal keyboard editing, along with the same process of speech-to-text. I have used this in my professional life and also to produce my story for the Commonwealth competition."

I would have disqualified him for using speech-to-text. Furthermore I would have eliminated the qualitative aspect, because that's subjective. Instead I would have sat the writers down in front of a PC running Word, and asked them to type up a couple of sheets of A4. I would eliminate all the writers who made mistakes, and I would have ranked the remainder by speed. The fastest, most accurate writer will be the winner. They - see what I did there? - they will be given the unique, unmissable chance to work as a copy typist for Granta for £12/hour, which is pretty good and probably more than they would earn as writers.

The story itself is online here. Is it better or worse than Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising? I mention that book because it's the only book I've ever read. The answer is no. It annoyed me. It annoyed me like thick tar in the undergrowth. The annoyance swelled within me like the afterbirth of a out-of-date sandwich. It was not anger, not the anger of a hungry swallow. It was more the frustration of a meat-starved alligator trapped in the pubic bush of time.

"Big in the way of women who never apologise to furniture, she had a laugh that shook dust from joists and a voice that could soften to coax a child from a ledge" - the whole thing is written like this. All the way through. Like a velvet glove cast in iron. It's a simple story but it feels calculated. The characters talk like stereotypes. There's a lady hero. A moral at the end. Surprisingly there's no twist. It feels very cleverly calculated to win this kind of competition.

Whereas in contrast Red Storm Rising doesn't have any flowery language at all, and it has the cool scene with the Yak-38 dogfight. The Yak-38 Forger was the Soviet Union's only jump jet. It had a very short range and a poor weapons load. The fundamental problem is that instead of using one engine with swivelling nozzles, it had multiple lift-jets, which were just dead weight when the aircraft was in level flight.

all literary prizes should go to monkeys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGP45WwQxl8

Is this real writing
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a shitslide
No escape from ChatGPT

https://www.reddit.com/r/RSbookclub/comments/1ub2umc/ai_wins_harpers_bazaar_short_story_competition/
https://archive.is/20260620030105/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a71615663/short-story-competition-winner-2026/

All this and the Granta disgrace tells you is that creative writing classes churn out derivative hacks whose shitty writing is indistinguishable from that produced by a machine.

Yeah, as with the other one, this seem generic rather than obviously AI. It’s also Harpers Bazaar, so people might as well be decrying the literary standards of Grazia, tbh.

99.9% sure the author is an academic with a specialisation in race and decolonisation. Oddly, is also either Indo-Trini, like the other writer, or has spent a lot of her career focused on Indo-Trinidadian identities.