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    From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 6 23:03:08 2025
    According to https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/
    the upcoming Worldcon has used ChatGPT to vet its program participants.

    I'm encouraged by the fact that there were more than a hundred
    responses to that statement, and every one of them was negative. Some
    because ChatGPT is infamous for "hallucinating," i.e. making stuff up
    out of thin air. And some because ChatGPT was programmed using the
    works of professional writers, incuding would-be Worldcon program
    participants, without their permission. Several of the commenters
    said that they are canceling their membership for this reason.

    I recommend that anyone thinking of attending read that statement and
    all of the responses.

    I will not be attending.

    I'm puzzled by the growing divide between the people who run large
    cons and fandom in general.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Fri May 30 20:56:57 2025
    In article <vve4fc$2k3$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
    According to >https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/
    the upcoming Worldcon has used ChatGPT to vet its program participants.

    Not exactly. A later statement explains a bit more detail about how it was used. Some information and some more detail can be seen at:

    https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/

    I'm still not happy with ChatGPT being used but the issue was not as
    serious as originally described.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Evelyn C. Leeper on Sat May 31 11:15:23 2025
    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
    And certainly not as serious as the White House health report which was >released the other day with fictitious references, false claims about
    what was in actual papers, and a variety of other problems indicative of
    AI hallucinations.

    The White House described them as "formatting errors".

    This is true although I think that the issues in the white house are not
    due to artificial intelligence but a lack of the natural kind.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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