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Generative AI backlash hits annual writing event, prompting resignations


NaNoWriMo refuses to condemn AI as accessibility tool, faces criticism from writers.

Generative AI models are commonly trained on vast amounts of existing text, including copyrighted works, without attribution or compensation to the original authors. To opponents of generative AI, the potential benefits that might come to disabled persons do not outweigh what they see as mass plagiarism from tech companies. "All these bullshit appeals from people appropriating social justice language saying, 'but AI lets me make art when I'm not privileged enough to have the time to develop those skills' highlights something that needs to be said: you are not entitled to being talented," posted a writer named Carlos Alonzo Morales on Sunday.

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