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The creative process involves choices that lead artists to places they couldn’t have imagined. Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images

February 25, 2025

Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least

John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology

The technology is always on call and is quite competent. But it lacks the contemplation and attention to detail that yield great works of art.

ChatGPT captivated the public imagination. Lionel Bonaventure via Getty Images

December 20, 2023

ChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype

Eric Smalley, The Conversation

Common misperceptions about AI chatbots are that they know something about the world, can make decisions, are a replacement for search engines and operate independent of humans.

Do you know who helped ChatGPT give you that clever answer? Eric Smalley, The Conversation US (composite derived from Library of Congress image)

August 18, 2023

ChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic

John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology

Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way.

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