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(6,376 posts)38. What exactly is "American Pie" anyhow? nt
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I asked ChatGPT to rewrite "American Pie" to be more contemporary... [View all]
Layzeebeaver
Oct 2025
OP
actually, its not slop. I played a core part in framing and editing of this.
Layzeebeaver
Oct 2025
#2
Your use of ChatGPT is unethical, if you're aware of the many news stories and the many posts here
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#7
Yes. Of course. It would be your own work. The difference is obvious. Just as there's an obvious
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#11
Please look up the meaning of "understudy" because you obviously don't know it.
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#49
No, it isn't. If you're using AI without being forced to do so by your job or school, and you're aware
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#43
If you'd talked to the near-suicidal artists, writers and teachers (who see their students being dumbed down)
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#56
Write it yourself. Don't use an unethical tool trained on stolen intellectual property.
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#8
Stop being so silly. No one suggested that. I love tech that actually helps, and I had an HP laser printer
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#44
You don't want it stealing YOUR stuff, but you're fine with it being trained on all the writing by other people
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#45
Exactly. And there's nothing creative about having genAI do something for you.
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#47
The people who'll be hurt by AI tools that dumb them down are not the ones refusing to participate
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#46
Boring and vague. Not a fan of the original, but at least the wordplay and references in it mean something.
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2025
#13
Damage to the envirinment is just one of a number of harms from genAI and the data centers being
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#17
There's no way to use genAI built on theft ethically. That's like saying you'll use slave labor ethically.
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#22
We can try to prevent worse from happening, or we can let it happen by saying "we've already come so far, why not
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2025
#19
Fighting for open-mindedness? About something that reduces creativity, reduces brain activity, plagiarizes art
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2025
#24
An inspiration by itself isn't music, or a book, or a painting. Just having an idea does not entitle you
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#48
Ethics is not a separate topic. It's inherent when this tech exists only because of stolen IP. The fact
highplainsdem
Oct 2025
#59
Way too much Democratic whining over this worthy portrayal of current events. (nt)
Paladin
Oct 2025
#42
considering the environmental and ethical issues involving this kind of slop
Blue_Adept
Oct 2025
#60