A ‘cold, spreadsheet-driven’ Aer Lingus response to a young woman’s ‘freak accident’
This recent article by Conor Pope in the Irish Times has multiple quotes from the reader/consumer involved. Much of what she is quoted as saying is clearly AI.
It was probably a written submission by the reader, rather than a verbal interview. I assume she wrote her piece or an outline and asked ChatGPT to write or polish it. It is really off-putting to read that flat, robotic register.
The Irish Times has strict rules about staff using LLMs but interviewees are not restricted in their AI use. Some people struggle with literacy and find LLMs helpful, so it's not fair to ban it. But they could ask contributors to declare whether or not they have used AI and it could be noted in the article. At a minimum the reporting/editorial staff should pick up on this and address it in some way.
This recent article by Conor Pope in the Irish Times has multiple quotes from the reader/consumer involved. Much of what she is quoted as saying is clearly AI.
It was probably a written submission by the reader, rather than a verbal interview. I assume she wrote her piece or an outline and asked ChatGPT to write or polish it. It is really off-putting to read that flat, robotic register.
The Irish Times has strict rules about staff using LLMs but interviewees are not restricted in their AI use. Some people struggle with literacy and find LLMs helpful, so it's not fair to ban it. But they could ask contributors to declare whether or not they have used AI and it could be noted in the article. At a minimum the reporting/editorial staff should pick up on this and address it in some way.
