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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Worldcon AI scandal Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 23:03:08 -0000 (UTC) Organization: United Individualist Message-ID: <vve4fc$2k3$1@reader1.panix.com> Injection-Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 23:03:08 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="2691"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1592 Lines: 21 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.