From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   According to   
   https://seattlein2025.org/2025/04/30/statement-from-worldcon-chair-2/   
   the upcoming Worldcon has used ChatGPT to vet its program participants.   
      
   I'm encouraged by the fact that there were more than a hundred   
   responses to that statement, and every one of them was negative.  Some   
   because ChatGPT is infamous for "hallucinating," i.e. making stuff up   
   out of thin air.  And some because ChatGPT was programmed using the   
   works of professional writers, incuding would-be Worldcon program   
   participants, without their permission.  Several of the commenters   
   said that they are canceling their membership for this reason.   
      
   I recommend that anyone thinking of attending read that statement and   
   all of the responses.   
      
   I will not be attending.   
      
   I'm puzzled by the growing divide between the people who run large   
   cons and fandom in general.   
   --   
   Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/   
   Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)