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New #Nanowrimo news. Updated letter to the community which reveals that they cannot afford to pay their Interim executive director. Also "Harassment and intimidation" was people nicely asking on the #NaNoWriMo facebook page for something other than sponsor content.
September 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Bright Friday morning to all.

#NaNoWriMo updated the FAQ page about their stance on AI, nearly a full week after it kicked off backlash.

It's basically a "Sorry you feel that way."

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NaNoWriMo neither explicitly supports nor condemns any approach to writing, including the use of tools that leverage Al. We recognize that harm has been done to the writing and creative communities at the hands of bad actors in the generative Al space, and that the ethical questions and risks posed by some aspects of this technology are real. The fact that Al is a large, complex technology category (which encompasses both non-generative and generative Al, applied in a range of ways to a range of uses) contributes to our belief that Al is simply too big and too varied to categorically support or condemn. NaNoWriMo's mission is to "provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people use their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds-on and off the page." We fulfill our mission by supporting the humans doing the writing. Please see this related post that speaks to our overall position on nondiscrimination with respect to approaches to creativity, +
September 6, 2024 at 12:22 PM