Bob Dylan's AI "Lectures from the Grave" Are an Accidental Warning for What Not to Do: Review

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9. From Lit Hub: Why is Bob Dylan hawking AI-generated historical fiction?!

https://lithub.com/why-is-bob-dylan-hawking-ai-generated-historical-fiction/

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The audio essays from former Vice Presidents and outlaws, “which range from 15 minutes to 67 minutes in runtime, appear to be read out loud by an AI voice.” (Italics mine.)

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Here we do well to note that all writing on this Patreon is framed as “curated by” Bob Dylan, as opposed to the standard “written.” Which language attests that it ain’t Bob, babe.

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As Alexis Petridis noted in The Guardian yesterday, musician poets aren’t exactly novel in newsletter country. Mr. Zimmerman joins a community well-staffed with peers; “everyone from Patti Smith and Dolly Parton to Charli xcx and Rosalía,” is on Substack.

Though it’s harder to spot a financial impetus in this case. And then there’s the mystifying whiff of slop.

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