Is generative AI making the publishing world a better place? Or is it leaving a bad taste?

So far, it's pretty clear to me there's a lot of hype, stolen data, angry authors, some benefits, and a truckload of problems. But it does and will have some important uses! 

In this episode, I take you through my AI decision making and policies, and narrate the damage (and limited positives) I see happening at the moment.

Links:

Draftsmith: https://draftsmith.ai/

The Mechanical Turk: https://www.mturk.com/

Human-in-the-loop: https://levity.ai/blog/human-in-the-loop

Expert-in-the-lead: https://www.transl8r.eu/xitl/

Gartner Hype Cycles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle

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