P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Perhaps Stories Should Be Read Before Publication

And, perhaps, humans should write stories and not AI/LLM.
From Dawn, a Pakistani English-language newspaper

A newspaper article titled 'Auto sales rev up in October' discussing the significant increase in car, van, pickup, and SUV sales in Pakistan, highlighting year-on-year growth statistics and specific model sales figures.

Hmm. Wherever did that last graf come from?

Let’s shuffle off the blame to our decimated staff, rather than admitting we’ve fired so many people that they can’t produce a newspaper without dubious AI help.

Text excerpt discussing the use of AI in editing a newspaper report, highlighting a violation of the newspaper's AI policy.

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