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NaNoWriMo gets AI sponsor, says not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’ (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

fyi they updated their blog post with this catch-all disclaimer in the last couple of hours

"it is simply too big to categorically endorse or not endorse"

"so we're gonna play it safe and endorse it"

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 21 points 2 months ago

it turns out the only staff member, or one of very few, is the interim ED. Everyone else quit a couple of months ago because she was fucking terrible. I suspect she's counting sugar lumps.

[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 15 points 2 months ago

that fits the tone of this stubborn defense

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