Commentary
I was on an Australian TV program last week when the host, a respected and long-serving figure of the conservative media, decided to allow ChatGPT (an AI text generator) to draft the next segment about itself.
As he was reading the AI-generated script from the prompter, it sounded perfectly reasonable—albeit hollow and devoid of character. No one will be surprised to learn that ChatGPT gave a glowing review of itself.
The experience reminded me of reading emails sent by employees who use Grammarly as a content creator instead of a spellchecker. Their “perfect” and uninspired script gives off a warning that the individual behind it is either lazy, uneducated, or both….