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The Washington Post is planning to let amateur writers submit columns — with the help of AI

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨chagall@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theverge.com/news/679332/washington-post-opinion-pieces-ai-tool-ember

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sounds like a great way to lose even more subscribers.

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    • devdoggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well, I sure won’t subscribe!

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  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So, WaPo is basically now Substack or Medium but worse?

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      With a forced subscription!

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m sure they pay handsomely too, right? Right?

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  • wanderwisley@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Subscribe to the onion. All facts no lies or bias.

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    • AdmiralWhiskersIV@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I signed up for the paper copy. Best decision I made in years.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m not against the idea of hiring new columnists, but why do they NEED to use AI?

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    • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My company (not in media) keeps bleating we need to adopt AI everywhere we can because otherwise “we’ll get left behind”.

      No, clarifying questions are not entertained.

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    • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because some rich jackasses at the top hate paying employees.

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  • Twitches@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This goes beyond not subscribing or unsubscribing. I will never trust an article out of there again

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  • Drbreen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What could go wrong?

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