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Author Dave Eggers Tells OpenAI Staff That ChatGPT Has Made Teaching Writing More Difficult
Author Dave Eggers addressed roughly 200 OpenAI employees last year after an invitation from Sam Altman. He described ChatGPT's impact on educators as catastrophic and said the tool prevents students from developing their own voices.
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Author Dave Eggers delivered a speech last year to around 200 OpenAI staffers in which he said ChatGPT had made every teacher's job far harder and was silencing generations of students. The Verge reported that Sam Altman had invited Eggers to speak. Eggers stated that the effect of ChatGPT on educators' lives is catastrophic.
He added that students using the tool to compose would never learn to write and would lose the ability to tell their own stories. The remarks came after Eggers had already described AI-generated writing as pastiche nonsense in prior comments. The Verge reported that Eggers has written numerous novels, screenplays, and pieces of journalism.
He started McSweeney's and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts. His best-selling novel The Circle is a critique of the tech industry.
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