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- There's obviously a lot
of contention happening

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with artificial intelligence

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and large language models
and text generators.

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And I'm sort of wondering

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how do you see that affecting authors

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and how do you see that
affecting authorial careers

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in the future?

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- I mean, we could sit
here for like 40 minutes

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with this topic.

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We truly could.

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- Absolutely.

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- We could.

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At the end of it, I think, you know

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no matter what it is that AI
can do or will be able to do

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'cause we are only at the very
beginning of their capacity.

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Like they will change
drastically over the years.

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No matter what it is,

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I think at the end of it,
it's still that we need

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to respect authors and what
human authors can do, right?

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Because so much of it is
actually a mindset problem.

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It's a, "Oh, well I could just
plug in this little generator

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"and then get a novel out of it.

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"Ooh, I'm a writer."

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And it's like, well
no, writing is actually

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in the blood, sweat, and tears

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with putting those
words together yourself.

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And it's a respect problem.

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It's that for, since the dawn of time

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creatives are not respected
in society and kind of just,

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assume that their work can
be like replicated by anyone

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so on and so forth.

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- We need to bring back
the patronage program.

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I just need like someone rich
to just be like, yes you.

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- Yeah, and you can live on their estate

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for like three years.

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- Sounds so good.

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Chloe, stop.

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(both laughing)

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But yeah, I agree that it's
definitely a respect problem.

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And the question is never going to be,

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the question shouldn't be
like when it's good enough.

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- Exactly.

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- The question is, "Should
we do this at all?"

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- Exactly.

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Because it's absolutely inevitable

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that AI is going to develop.

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There is eventually going to be some sort

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of super intelligence
that can just do anything

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in the world.

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It's inevitable.

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It is inevitable, however.

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- Sentience, oh my goodness.

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- However.

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- Okay.

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- Human authors are still
doing something different

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'cause there's a little bit of our soul

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in every single thing that we create.

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- [Linda] Sure.

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- A machine's not gonna be able to do that

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'cause a machine is just
the world's greatest game

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of remix, right?

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They're just gonna take everything

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that they've already learned,
produce something out of it.

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- It is programmed.

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- It is, it is.

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It's programed.

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It's a written thing, yeah.

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So anything that is new and created,

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it means that we need to support artists,

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we need to be paying artists.

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We need to be actually putting value

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onto these original works.

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- Absolutely.

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- My name is Chloe Gong.

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This is my book, "Immortal Longings."

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It's coming out July 18th.

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And you can find it in any
good bookstore near you

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or you can find it online
and order it to your house.