3- We are spotting suspected AI use because we have years and years of experience reading submissions, and they stick out. Plus, we are getting a much larger volume of submissions than a couple of years ago.
Since the AI posts are still rolling, here are some hopefully final clarifications. 1- Uncanny hasn't rejected a story because we suspected AI use. These stories were rejected for the usual reasons we would pass on a story.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie
It's been filling me with dismay. Over and over I keep checking credentials, thinking, "Someone with *that* publication history should not be writing sentences like THIS!"
It's illegal to pay people to vote. It's legal to pay people to publicly apologize for not voting & to make a plan to vote (which makes you much more likely to actually vote). So, Cards Against Humanity is doing that for likely-blue voters in swing states. www.apologize.lol
Didn't vote in 2020? Cards Against Humanity will pay you to apologize.
IT HAS A SMART TV THAT CANNOT ACTUALLY CONNECT TO THE INTERNET, BUT THEY GOT THE FIRE HAZARD 9000 MICROWAVE
If you were horrified or outraged by that Atlantic article last week saying college kids can't read whole books anymore, this new piece by one of the teachers who was profiled is a must-read.
Early this summer I was interviewed by Rose Horowitch, an editor for The Atlantic. She told me that she had heard from a university professor that incoming students were struggling to keep up with the...
I think what offends me most about conspiracy theorists is how they get to be the intellectual equivalent of dudes who dump mattresses & old tires in the woods. They show up, make a fuckin mess, and leave. And it's up to everyone else to clean up after them. And somehow, supporters are OK with it.
