Post #2286443
2026-05-04 21:45 UTC
I was chatting with some folks about #AI bots yesterday and said that I avoid using them. One said "Not even Grammarly?" I said no, and informed them of their (now-discontinued) "Expert Review" that appropriated the names of authors without consent.
https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-offering-expert-ai-reviews-from-your-favorite-authors-dead-or-alive/
I wasn't using this tool even before this news broke, however. I do use spellcheck, but that's been around for decades and I don't think it can seriously be considered "AI".
#LLM
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@funcrunch@me.dm 2026-05-04 21:49
In apps I use that offer #AI "assistance", I turn it off to the degree that the settings allow. I never look at Google's AI "overview" (and prefer searching with DuckDuckGo anyway). I'm human, I learned how to read, write, and think for myself. I hope I'm not a dying breed.
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@noodlemaz@mstdn.games 2026-05-04 21:54
@funcrunch@me.dm unfortunately things like Microslop have made spellcheck shite *by turning it into genAI* If you've noticed it being worse, I'm sure phone keyboard things are doing it now too. It used to be cool 😑