Example
Going Upstream to Find the Original Source
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Stephen King Says There's No
cbr.com/stephen-king-says-theres-no-stopping-ai-writing-screenplays/
This example starts with a headline about Stephen King and AI. The first paragraph says King shared his thoughts in a Rolling Stone interview. Since the article is citing another source and “Rolling Stone” is a hyperlink, we should click the link to check the original interview.
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Stephen King Interview: 'Holly'
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features-stephen-king-interview-holly-anti-vaxxers-1234816605/
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Windows: Ctrl + F Mac: Command + F
We’re now on the Rolling Stone article, but its title shows that it’s not about AI like the previous one. This means we’ll need to look more closely to find the relevant part. We can do this by skimming the article or by using the search shortcut (Ctrl+F on Windows or Command+F on Mac) and typing in “ai” to quickly locate where it’s mentioned.
Stephen King Interview: 'Holly'
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features-stephen-king-interview-holly-anti-vaxxers-1234816605/
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What drew you to Colleen Hoover? I wanted to see what she was about because she’s so damn popular. So I read that book and I thought to myself, “Oh yeah, I get this. I get why she’s popular.” She tells a good story. So I read your essay about AI in the Atlantic, which was interesting because it’s so different from a lot of other people’s views on AI. I’m curious how you see it integrating itself into literature. Well, let me just say that I get the worries about AI as it applies to screenwriters and to writers who are involved with writing for TV. Because there’s this fear, I think this is unstated fear, that AI has sort of been writing sitcoms all along and some of the drama series, too, because they’re pretty formulaic. They’re pretty by the numbers. But as far as AI goes and books written by AI, scripts written by AI, what can you do about it? You might as well be King Canute trying to turn back the tide because it’s going to happen. But I find it very, very difficult to believe that AI — until it achieves real sentience, which is a ways away yet — can write anything. I’ve read poems by AI that were in the style of say, William Blake, and they have the God stuff and the lamb stuff and all this, but it ain’t the same. It ain’t even close. It’s like the difference between Budweiser and some generic beer. So both of them get you a little bit tingly, but it ain’t the same.
Using this shortcut takes us to a short mention of AI near the end of the article. The interviewer says, “So I read your essay about AI in The Atlantic.” This quote includes another hyperlink to an essay written by Stephen King. Click the underlined text to open that link.
essay about AI in the Atlantic
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Stephen King: My Books Were
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/08/stephen-king-books-ai-writing/675088/
The link takes us to a The Atlantic article about Stephen King and AI. Since Stephen King wrote it himself, this is the primary source and shows his direct thoughts on the topic. We’ve now found the original source behind the claim in the first article.
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Example
Going Upstream to Find the Original Source
START
Stephen King Says There's No
cbr.com/stephen-king-says-theres-no-stopping-ai-writing-screenplays/
This example starts with a headline about Stephen King and AI. The first paragraph says King shared his thoughts in a Rolling Stone interview. Since the article is citing another source and “Rolling Stone” is a hyperlink, we should click the link to check the original interview.
Ad
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Stephen King Interview: 'Holly'
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features-stephen-king-interview-holly-anti-vaxxers-1234816605/
1/8
Windows: Ctrl + F Mac: Command + F
We’re now on the Rolling Stone article, but its title shows that it’s not about AI like the previous one. This means we’ll need to look more closely to find the relevant part. We can do this by skimming the article or by using the search shortcut (Ctrl+F on Windows or Command+F on Mac) and typing in “ai” to quickly locate where it’s mentioned.
Stephen King Interview: 'Holly'
rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features-stephen-king-interview-holly-anti-vaxxers-1234816605/
2/8
What drew you to Colleen Hoover? I wanted to see what she was about because she’s so damn popular. So I read that book and I thought to myself, “Oh yeah, I get this. I get why she’s popular.” She tells a good story. So I read your essay about AI in the Atlantic, which was interesting because it’s so different from a lot of other people’s views on AI. I’m curious how you see it integrating itself into literature. Well, let me just say that I get the worries about AI as it applies to screenwriters and to writers who are involved with writing for TV. Because there’s this fear, I think this is unstated fear, that AI has sort of been writing sitcoms all along and some of the drama series, too, because they’re pretty formulaic. They’re pretty by the numbers. But as far as AI goes and books written by AI, scripts written by AI, what can you do about it? You might as well be King Canute trying to turn back the tide because it’s going to happen. But I find it very, very difficult to believe that AI — until it achieves real sentience, which is a ways away yet — can write anything. I’ve read poems by AI that were in the style of say, William Blake, and they have the God stuff and the lamb stuff and all this, but it ain’t the same. It ain’t even close. It’s like the difference between Budweiser and some generic beer. So both of them get you a little bit tingly, but it ain’t the same.
Using this shortcut takes us to a short mention of AI near the end of the article. The interviewer says, “So I read your essay about AI in The Atlantic.” This quote includes another hyperlink to an essay written by Stephen King. Click the underlined text to open that link.
essay about AI in the Atlantic
00:00
Stephen King: My Books Were
theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/08/stephen-king-books-ai-writing/675088/
The link takes us to a The Atlantic article about Stephen King and AI. Since Stephen King wrote it himself, this is the primary source and shows his direct thoughts on the topic. We’ve now found the original source behind the claim in the first article.
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