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It reminds me of a book by Seth Godin where after reading 3 quarters of the book he goes: "I didn’t write this book. What I mean is that Seth Godin didn’t wri
by firefoxd 2y ago
It reminds me of a book by Seth Godin where after reading 3 quarters of the book he goes:
"I didn’t write this book.
What I mean is that Seth Godin didn’t write this book. It was written by a freelancer for hire named Mo Samuels. Godin hired me to write it based on a skimpy three-page outline.
Does that bum you out? Does it change the way you feel about the ideas in this book? Does the fact that Seth paid me $10,000 and kept the rest of the advance money make the book less valuable?
Why should it matter who wrote a book? The words don’t change, after all. Yet I’m betting that you care a lot that someone named Mo wrote this book instead of the guy on the dust jacket. In fact, you’re probably pretty angry.
Well, if you’ve made it this far, you realize that there is no Mo Samuels and in fact, I was pulling your leg. I (Seth Godin) wrote every word of this book."
Oh yes, I was pretty Angry.
[0]: The book is All marketers are liars
- lotsofpulp 2y agoThat is not comparable because the stuff written with GPT is known to have a far higher probability of being extra wordy with bullshit that wastes people’s time. If a friend uses GPT to generate an initial draft and then edits it or at least checks it, it is not any different. But if they are using GPT to save themselves time at the expense of your time, then it is an issue. I can even envision a future where you get paid by advertisers for inserting product placement into your chats with your friends, at which point I would call them “friends”, and not friends.