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Conspiracy

Six-frame cartoon. Frame 1 shows a volcano lair from the outside. Frame 2, implying that the scene is now inside the volcano lair, shows a boardroom table with several editors around it. We see the back of the boss villain editor sitting in a large chair and the other editors facing him. Curly-haired editor says, "Large language models and AI are destroying our livelihoods! Clients don't think they need editors anymore!" Frame 3: We now see the boss villain editor from the front. He is stroking a cat. He says, "We all knew this day would come. It is time." Bespectacled editor says, "You don't mean..." Frame 4: Boss villain editor says, "Release the unnecessary hair-splitting usage distinctions!" Frame 5 shows several rockets, shaped like red pens, launching. Frame 5: Boss villain editor says, "Now go forth and enforce!" while Curly-haired editor and bespectacled editor both rise from their seats to do his bidding.Creative Commons License

This cartoon was inspired by a Twitter conversation with Jonathon Owen. Propose your own hair-splitting usage distinctions using this blank and post them to social media! For example, here’s one of Jonathon’s. Continue reading “Conspiracy”

Author Iva CheungPosted on July 1, 2023July 1, 2023Format ImageCategories Editing, Editors, Plain languageTags Artificial intelligence, Comics, Fact checking, Large language models, Usage4 Comments on Conspiracy

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