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dalton99a
(95,253 posts)underpants
(197,177 posts)at the circle Kirk on Sunday
niyad
(134,030 posts)yardwork
(69,643 posts)unc70
(6,514 posts)Pretty obvious copying.
demmiblue
(39,941 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 24, 2025, 09:19 AM - Edit history (1)
Full book is available at archive.org/details/down... and it doesn't mention marbles or kites or drones anywhere. Bleak that people took this seriously when it was very visibly a screenshot of an AI overview.
— Indispensable Cobbler (@crossgap.bsky.social) 2025-09-24T09:28:10.648Z
I regret to inform you that AI is hallucinating again. That's not in Downbelow Station.
— AndOrNorLyn (@norlyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T23:33:35.505Z
Seriously, I have the book on Kindle.
— AndOrNorLyn (@norlyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-23T23:45:25.766Z
Please fact-check.
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,718 posts)Should I delete the post?
And good morning.
demmiblue
(39,941 posts)Good morning!
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,718 posts)hlthe2b
(114,675 posts)But why the hell did they not simply have her attribute her comments (e.g., in the words of the author, C.J. Cherryh) before quoting this passage word for word?
They are apparently too fucking stupid or arrogant to avoid even this controversy.
617Blue
(2,526 posts)peggysue2
(12,595 posts)For a published book, the spelling errors and mixed tenses are atrocious. The whole thing made me wince.
If you're going to plagiarize, at least have the decency to represent what the author (C. J. Cherryh) actually wrote on the page.
Does the First Lady really think she can get away with this sort of theft? Or is this another example of I really don't care, do U?
Emile
(43,260 posts)
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