{"id":499043,"date":"2022-10-07T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:09:22","slug":"what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"#What authors want from AI \u2018ghostwriters\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2893e821819\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2893e821819\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_authors_want_from_AI_%E2%80%98ghostwriters%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What authors want from AI \u2018ghostwriters\u2019&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/#Join_TNW_in_Valencia\" >Join TNW in Valencia!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/#Emotions_and_productivity\" >Emotions and productivity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-authors-want-from-ai-ghostwriters\/#A_good_ghostwriter\" >A good ghostwriter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_authors_want_from_AI_%E2%80%98ghostwriters%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What authors want from AI \u2018ghostwriters\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            In Sept. 2020, <em>The Guardian<\/em> published an opinion piece written by a program. The artificial intelligence, called GPT-3, is a large language model developed by OpenAI, and it posed a bold question in the headline of its machine-generated text: \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/sep\/08\/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3\">A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it is a scary time to be a professional writer. Earlier in 2020, Microsoft <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/5\/30\/21275524\/microsoft-news-msn-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-ai-replacements\">laid off journalists to replace them with a writing AI<\/a>. And as AI language models get increasingly better, researchers are claiming that soon, AI-generated text will be indistinguishable from that written by a person.<\/p>\n<p>Our research team at the University of British Columbia investigated what the rise of AI means to human writers. Specifically, we tried to understand what human writers expect from AI, and where the boundaries lie when it comes to writing work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Join_TNW_in_Valencia\"><\/span>Join TNW in Valencia!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The heart of tech is coming to the heart of the Mediterranean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We interviewed seven hobbyists and 13 professional writers, using a design fiction <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach. We first showed the writers different speculative designs of futuristic AI writers. We then asked them to reflect on how co-writing with an AI would transform their practice and perception of writing.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3532106.3533506\">We found that writers wanted AIs to respect the personal values they attribute to writing<\/a>. These personal values being: emotional values and productivity.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emotions_and_productivity\"><\/span>Emotions and productivity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hobbyists in our study said they find joy in the writing process, referring to the act of writing as a \u201clabor of love.\u201d When considering scenarios where using AI would make them more productive, hobbyists weren\u2019t interested in using the advanced writing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> if it displaced what it means to be a writer.<\/p>\n<p>The writers attributed three different kinds of emotional values to writing. Some writers wanted to claim ownership over the words they wrote and were concerned that co-writing with an AI meant that the text wouldn\u2019t be considered entirely their own. Other writers attributed a sense of integrity to the act of writing, and said using AI would be \u201clike cheating.\u201d Others just enjoyed the process of turning their ideas into words.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, for professional writers, writing was a means of living. If it could make them more prolific, they were open to using AI and assigning parts of their job to the robot writers. The professional writers envisioned themselves using AI as a ghostwriter who could realize their ideas into written pieces. To some extent, professional writers were willing to compromise their emotional values in exchange for productivity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center zoomable\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter js-lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1466px) 754px, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, (min-width: 600px) 600px, 237px\" alt=\"a human hand and a robot hand rest on a keyboard\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"a human hand and a robot hand rest on a keyboard\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 600w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1200w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=600&amp;h=359&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 1800w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=1 754w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=30&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=2 1508w, https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/475296\/original\/file-20220721-14-6lucqh.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=15&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;h=451&amp;fit=crop&amp;dpr=3 2262w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Professional writers were more open to using AI to help them write if it meant being able to increase their productivity, and therefore their income.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"source\">(Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some writers trusted that AI would do a good job in simple writing tasks like making stylistic improvements, rephrasing, and proofreading. But they didn\u2019t have much faith in AI\u2019s capacity for creative writing tasks, such as planning a narrative flow and setting up the backgrounds of key characters in the story.<\/p>\n<p>When presented with other speculative scenarios, writers would agree to outsource writing tasks only when their trust in AI supersedes their own self-confidence.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_good_ghostwriter\"><\/span>A good ghostwriter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our study implies an ideal AI writing tool should behave like a human collaborator and that such a tool needs to be aware of the boundaries of human writers and respond by adjusting the level of intervention and writing style accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Writing with AI can leave writers with energy and time for the creative side of the writing process. Ideally, our entrepreneurial drive would not <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/the-new-poem-making-machinery\">completely displace humans from our creative endeavors<\/a>.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/183068\/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\"\/><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https:\/\/theconversation.com\/republishing-guidelines --><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/183068\/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em>This article by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/dongwook-yoon-1234012\">Dongwook Yoon<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/university-of-british-columbia-946\">University of British Columbia<\/a> is republished from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. 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