Today’s links How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars: My September column in Locus Magazine. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars (permalink) In my latest Locus Magazine column, “Plausible Sentence Generators,” I describe how I unwittingly came to use – and even be impressed by – an AI chatbot – and what this means for a specialized, highly salient form of writing, namely, “bullshit”: https://locusmag.com/2023/09/commentary-by-cory-doctorow-plausible-sentence-generators/ Here’s what happened: I got stranded at JFK due to heavy weather and an air-traffic control tower fire that locked down every westbound flight on the east coast. The American Airlines agent told me to try going standby the next morning, and advised that if I booked a hotel and saved my taxi receipts, I would get reimbursed when I got home to LA. But when I got home, the airline’s reps told me the would absolutely not reimburse me, that this was their policy, and they didn’t care that their representative had promised they’d make me whole. This was so frustrating that I decided to take the airline to small claims court: I’m no lawyer, but I know that a contract takes place when an offer is made and accepted, and so I had a contract, and AA was violating it, and stiffing me for over $400. The problem was that I didn’t know anything…Pluralistic: How plausible sentence generators are changing the bullshit wars (07 Sept 2023)