A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It

…The book, Mr. Colamedici said, was meant to show the dangers of "cognitive apathy" that could develop if thinking were delegated to machines and if people don't cultivate their discernment.

"I tried to create a performance, an experience that is not just the book," he said.

Mr. Colamedici teaches what he calls "the art of prompting," or how to ask A.I. smart questions and give it actionable instructions, at the European Institute of Design in Rome. He said that he often sees two extreme, if opposite, responses to tools like ChatGPT, with many students wanting to rely on them exclusively and many teachers thinking that A.I. is inherently wrong. He instead tries to teach users how to discern fact from fabrication and how to engage with the tools productively...

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