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Is AI really a writer?
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Is AI really a writer?

AI is Evolving Are sci-fi authors thinking about using AI to help them out now that AI is already stepping in to handle some writing jobs that humans used to do? Famous sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, who’s known for The Three-Body Problem, says that right now it’s not really happening, but he’s not sure what the future holds. “At the moment I don’t plan to use any AI-generated stuff in my writing,” Liu mentioned in a video at a sci-fi forum in Beijing this December. “But with how fast AI is developing, it could be pretty skilled in writing five to ten years from now. By then, I might think about it and be open to getting some AI help.” Liu, who has won a Hugo Award, believes that if AI keeps advancing at this pace, he and other sci-fi writers could end up being “the last generation of authors wh...
Ways news media fuel polarization
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Ways news media fuel polarization

Research on Public Discourse A Pew Research Center poll last year found that a majority of American adults say public discourse has become increasingly disrespectful in recent years.University of Pennsylvania political science and communications professor Diana Mutz has been studying this topic for years. Her 2015 book “In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media” explores the rapid rise of news programming that encourages verbal sparring.Dubbing them “shout shows,” Mutz says the format primes people with opposing viewpoints “to really get riled up and to go after one another in a way that we seldom do in our face-to-face exchanges with others.” 1) Conflict is a ratings magnet Viewers who participated in Mutz’s research said that even though they found such uncivil program...