Dr Ro SmithSep 2, 2024

I've deleted my NaNoWriMo account. They not only have a generative 'AI' sponsor, they're defending letting you use AI to plaigiarise yourself to 50,000 on the basis that disabled people need AI.

I have a cognitive disability that makes it very difficult for me to write and I am FURIOUS.

Make no mistake, it is very fucking ableist to use people like me as a shield when you are STEALING FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME. They are the ableist ones here. https://www.404media.co/nanowrimo-ai-policy-classist-ableist/

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NaNoWriMo Says Condemning AI Is ‘Classist and Ableist’

The organization that runs National Novel Writing Month, a November challenge to write 50,000 words, said "the categorical condemnation of Artificial Intelligence has classist and ableist undertones."

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Show threadClaire SimpsonSep 2, 2024
@Rhube I was already struggling to find enthusiasm for doing Nano this year, and this has just smashed the last nail right through the coffin
Show threadDr Ro Smith
@RexMagenta yeah, this was my feeling exactly.
Sep 2, 2024 at 9:05pmWeb