Hey, it's Mignon. Just a quick note before we get started. The audio version of this

interview is edited because there was a lot of cat noise, but you can find the complete

interview on YouTube because cat noise is fine when you can see the cat, but not so much when you can't.

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Grammar Girl here, I'm in Yon Fog Fog Fog

and today we are going to talk about what I think is one of the most important issues of our time

when it comes to writing which is artificial intelligence and we are so lucky to have

Martha Brockhambrough here with us today because she is you'll recognize her name because she was the founder of National Grammar Day. We mentioned her you know every year, but she has gone on to do so many other things. She's written more than 20 books,

fiction, non-fiction picture books, you know, for young adults and children, and she has a new book

out called Future Tents,

how we made artificial intelligence

and how it's going to change everything.

And it's a book for young adults, but I read the whole thing. I thought it was great for such a complicated topic. I appreciated the level that it was at. So, Martha, thank you so much for being here today.

Thanks so much for being here today.

Thanks so much for having me. It's great seeing you again.

I know, you too.

It's been a while.

I'm going to see you online all the time.

You know, I know writers who use and love AI and I know other writers who will you know virtually

spit on you if you mention using AI.

Yes so let's start with how those tools are trained. The ones

that generate text or generate images those have all been trained on stolen material.

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