Human Intelligence® News Update
Humans create. AI imitates. Welcome to your roundup of human creativity in the age of AI.
Human Creativity
U.S. NEWS PRECEDENT - PEN Journalists Victorious in AI Transparency Case
Unionized journalists at Politico halted a clear-cut contractual no-no: the company’s unilateral introduction of AI-driven copy without disclosure or human oversight. (The copy in question was also full of errors and inaccuracies. Who saw that coming?) Read about the landmark ruling » [5-min read]
DESTROY THE MACHINE - How the Luddites Got It Right
Human Intelligence® speaks with tech journalist and author Brian Merchant on the commonalities between the original Luddite movement and today’s backlash against GenAI, as well as how human creators can fight back against AI overreach. Watch » [21-min podcast]
BOOKS AS ART - The Resurgence of “a Book in Your Pocket”
Author Lincoln Michel makes the case that the experience of reading a physical book -- the cover art, feel of the paper, heft in your hands -- is coming back in vogue, testament to human creativity in a world flooded with LLM slop text. Check it out » [8-min read]
Human VS Robot
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - AI-Generated Holiday “Scene from Hell”
Going Medieval was given new meaning in London, where a mural rumored to have been envisioned by YBA Mat Collishaw depicts AI-generated holiday festivities of a bygone era: deformed snowmen, transmogrified dogs, monstrous Santas, and contorted faces. Ho-Ho-Ho. Behold the horror » [5-min read]
QUESTIONABLE JUDGEMENT - UK Journalists Increasingly Adopting AI
A recent Reuters survey of 1,004 UK journalists found an interesting (though unsurprising) dichotomy: AI integration in newsrooms is up; job satisfaction among the most frequent AI users is down. The charts and tables unpack the full story. Take a look » [15-min read]
MENACE OR MEH? - AI Is Coming for Your Toddler’s Bedtime Story
What makes a good children’s book? And if it’s “bad,” does it matter whether a human or an LLM wrote it? Author Lily Meyer says yes, it indeed matters, and lays bare the complicated contemplations that led to her conclusion. Do you agree? » [8-min read]
Artificial “Intelligence” & Other Myths
CRITICAL THINKING IS HARD - Just Call Her “Kim, AI-Esquire.”
Kim Kardashian has blamed ChatGPT for making her fail the bar exam. How? Because “it’s always wrong and it made me fail tests.” Lack of self-awareness and personal responsibility aside, the most astonishing part is that she didn’t see it coming. Have some fun » [2-min read]
ANTI-EDUCATION TREND - Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
Embedded AI-driven “future proofing” of undergraduate curriculum is the new Holy Grail for colleges to meet their tuition numbers. But according to Professor Michael Clune, it will also erode precisely what young people need to be successful. Read or listen » [5-min read, 11-min listen]
CHATBOTS DON’T HALLUCINATE? - Well Yes, They Do, But That’s the Wrong Term
Psychologists are pushing back on the use of “hallucination” to describe faulty AI output, emphasizing we use “confabulation” instead, as it’s a more precise description of AI’s malfunction tendency. Find out why » [4-min read]
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