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020			_a9781503643574 _q(paperback)
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aPN171.T43 _bB37 2023
100	1		_aBaron, Naomi S., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWho wrote this? : _bhow AI and the lure of efficiency threaten human writing / _cNaomi S. Baron.
264		1	_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c©2023
300			_a309 pages _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-300) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue : human writers meet the AI language sausage machine -- The journey to literacy -- Why humans write, and rewrite -- English comp and Its aftermath -- The dream of language machines -- The natural language processing sausage machine -- Machine translation rises again -- Machines emerge as authors -- AI comes for the writing professions -- The creative side of AI -- AI as Jeeves -- Human-AI symbiosis -- Do we always welcome AI? -- Coda : why human authorship matters.
520			_a"Would you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter? Today's eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As writers, do we unthinkingly adopt AI's time-saving advantages or do we stop to weigh what we gain and lose when heeding their siren call? To understand how AI is redefining what it means to write and think, linguist and educator Naomi Baron leads us on a journey connecting the dots between human literacy and today's technology. From nineteenth century lessons in composition, to mathematician Alan Turing's work creating a machine for deciphering war-time messages, to contemporary engines like ChatGPT, Baron gives readers a spirited overview of the emergence of both literacy and AI, and a glimpse of their possible future. As the technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and fluent, it's tempting to take the easy way out and let AI do the work for us. Baron cautions that such efficiency isn't always in our interest. As AI plies us with suggestions or full-blown text, we risk losing not just our technical skills but the power of writing as a springboard for personal reflection and unique expression. Funny, informed, and conversational, Who Wrote This? urges us as individuals and as communities to make conscious choices about the extent to which we collaborate with AI. The technology is here to stay. Baron shows us how to work with AI and how to spot where it risks diminishing the valuable cognitive and social benefits of being literate"--
650		0	_aAuthorship _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aAuthorship _xData processing.
650		0	_aWriting _xAutomation.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects.
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBaron, Naomi S. _tWho wrote this? _dStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 _z9781503637900 _w(DLC) 2023011364
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