The other issue is that there are certain whales that feel compelled to get rid of it completely off of the blockchain, and the other one is another issue altogether, but with the same idea, where I totally agree with your view, that it is nothing more than a tool to use to aid in better posts.
Another one of my concerns is that the tools for detecting the AI usage are not all that accurate at this time, and there will no doubt be massive false positives that will occur.
Also, the people that are not English first use them to help with their posts as well, and I am not sure what the full trigger is to set off a detection tool's results.
I love your list of legitimate uses for it, from making suggestions and outlines, that is an excellent purpose. I'm with Witty, I would never use this to make any of my text for me, my writing comes from my own hand with no other input.
Beautiful that you took this on and brought it out into the open more, it is needed.
Thank you Shadows.
You know, might be just me but, is there not a huge irony that some whales want to ban an emerging technology from use on a platform that is built on emerging and sometimes controversial technology?
A complete ban is not only pretty much impossible but will hinder continued growth of the platform. I know some of the whales consider content creation a nuisance but really, it's what has brought most of the current users in and continues to be the draw.
Taking the approach of transparency when it's used and then let people choose to upvote or not is a more sane approach. Medium's policy on it is failure to disclose the use of AI could get an account sanctioned.
As for the AI detection tools, their accuracy is spotty. And really, some smart cookie could use an accurate tool and have the AI rewrite until the tool doesn't detect itself. Sounds crazy but not impossible. The AI continues to learn as its used.
I think we're better in the long run to encourage appropriate use and then come down on those who are found to abuse it.