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Guardian

AI isn’t about unleashing our imaginations, it’s about outsourcing them. The real purpose is profit

Guardian
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Over coming years and decades , AI will transform every aspect of our lives.

But we are also at an inflection point for those who make our living with words.

Whether you’re a writer, an actor, a singer, a film-maker, a painter or a photographer, a machine can now do what you do, instantly and for a fraction of the cost.

ChatGPT used to write a song about George Floyd in the style of Bob Dylan without access to Dylan ’s songs.

It could only imitate Dylan because his lyrics formed part of the dataset that was used to train it.

But AI doesn’t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators.

These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether.