ChatGPT may be polite, but it’s not cooperating with you
Big tech companies have exploited human language for AI gain. Now they want us to see their products as trustworthy collaborators
After publishing my third book in early April, I kept encountering headlines that made me feel like the protagonist of some Black Mirror episode. “Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book ‘Searches,’” one of them read. “To tell her own story, this acclaimed novelist turned to ChatGPT,” said another. “Vauhini Vara examines selfhood with assistance from ChatGPT,” went a third.