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Gen AI is the Longest Plagiarised essay in the World
… and we’ve let it pass with top marks
If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it. Isa Blagdon
(Chat GTP states wrongly that it was Goebbels who said it first)
We have allowed the largest plagiarised work to come into our lives, pass itself off as something new and original, and given it the status of the world’s greatest library: Generative AI.
With Open AI seeking a reported $80 billion investment round, building on the $10 billion already put into the company by Microsoft, and Apple betting on the technology for their latest iPhone 16 released today, a huge level of resources is being invested in Generative AI to persuade the world that this massive plagiarised essay should become our main source of reliable information.
But what does that say for the future of the human race, for our imagination, for creativity and the survival of our species?
Of course, those who have constructed the world’s largest plagiarised essay are doing exactly what all plagiarisers seek to do — to pass off other people’s work, effort, ingenuity, creativity and critical intellectual thought…
