I know that this is a bit too granular to be a post, but man, I love it and can’t resist sharing my joy in Christopher Rufo’s burn of The Atlantic.
First, some background. The Atlantic published a piece that made a bizarre argument: ChatGPT is an even worse plagiarist than Claudine Gay, former President of Harvard University.
Harvard’s president resigned amidst accusations of plagiarism.
Similar standards should apply to generative-AI models, @matteo_wong writes: https://t.co/brhQTtTYT8
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 11, 2024
If you squint and tilt your head, you can see some similarities in the blurry shapes that are Harvard and OpenAI. Each is a leading institution for building minds, whether real or artificial—Harvard educates smart humans, while OpenAI engineers smart machines—and each has been forced in recent days to stare down a common allegation….
