In a departure from the general format, the Spiders take on the broader question of the relationship between AI, writing, literature, and other forms of creative arts (especially film). A snapshot of a moment in history, posing questions which will soon be answered or made irrelevant, but pretty interesting in spite of that.
Works Cited:
Max Read: “Drowning in Slop” (published in
New York magazine 9/25/24)
Max Read: “People prefer AI art because people prefer bad art” (published via Substack 11/22/24)
Kelsey Piper: “There’s a fix for AI-generated essays. Why aren’t we using it?” (published on
vox.com 9/7/24).
Megan Herbst: “Nanowrimo said it was classist and ableist to condemn AI. All hell broke loose.” (published on
wired.com 9/4/24).