Demystifying ChatGPT: Harnessing the Potential of AI Conversations And Understanding The Risks
“Can I borrow your homework for a minute?” — said one of my so-called high school friends while scanning every one of my answers on that white paper.
“Sure, just don’t copy everything”- I said as I could see how he suddenly started to copy non-stop as a madman for 10 minutes before the start of the class.
His eyes quickly targeted my work while his pencil created an exact replica of the answers that had consumed me a full afternoon the day before.
After he was done, he only said thanks. And proudly delivered his paper as his own. That “copy-and-paste” bastard cost me a C-. But it taught me a well-deserved lesson:
Copy-paste people suck.
Back in 2005, copying wasn’t much big of a deal since it was restricted to certain niches. Like homework and maybe a few political speeches.
We could at least see people put some effort into the copying. With modern tools, it’s not so easy to spot. Because why put the effort if a machine can do it for you.
Medium thinks so as well. In the article “Medium is for human storytelling, not AI-generated writing” Medium’s VP of Content Scott Lamb mentions this:
“We are a home for…
