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020 _a1503633225
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9781503633223
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1373011834
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050 0 0 _aPN171 .T43
_bB37 2023
082 0 0 _a808.0285
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092 _a808.0285 B2685W 2023
100 1 _aBaron, Naomi S.
245 1 0 _aWho wrote this? :
_bhow AI and the lure of efficiency threaten human writing /
_cNaomi S. Baron.
264 1 _aStanford, California :
_bStanford University Press,
_c[2023]
300 _axxxii, 309 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-300) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue : human writers meet the AI language sausage machine -- The journey to literacy -- Why humans write, and rewrite -- English comp and Its aftermath -- The dream of language machines -- The natural language processing sausage machine -- Machine translation rises again -- Machines emerge as authors -- AI comes for the writing professions -- The creative side of AI -- AI as Jeeves -- Human-AI symbiosis -- Do we always welcome AI? -- Coda : why human authorship matters.
520 _a"Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter? Today's eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As writers, do we unthinkingly adopt AI's time-saving advantages or do we stop to weigh what we gain and lose when heeding their siren call? To understand how AI is redefining what it means to write and think, linguist and educator Naomi Baron leads us on a journey connecting the dots between human literacy and today's technology. From nineteenth century lessons in composition, to mathematician Alan Turing's work creating a machine for deciphering war-time messages, to contemporary engines like ChatGPT, Baron gives readers a spirited overview of the emergence of both literacy and AI, and a glimpse of their possible future. As the technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and fluent, it's tempting to take the easy way out and let AI do the work for us. Baron cautions that such efficiency isn't always in our interest. As AI plies us with suggestions or full-blown text, we risk losing not just our technical skills but the power of writing as a springboard for personal reflection and unique expression. Funny, informed, and conversational, Who Wrote This? urges us as individuals and as communities to make conscious choices about the extent to which we collaborate with AI. The technology is here to stay. Baron shows us how to work with AI and how to spot where it risks diminishing the valuable cognitive and social benefits of being literate"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence
650 0 _aAuthorship
_xData processing
650 0 _aAuthorship
_xTechnological innovations.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects
650 0 _aWriting
_xAutomation
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aBaron, Naomi S.
_tWho wrote this?
_dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023
_z9781503637900
_w(DLC) 2023011364
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