Grammar Girl here. I'm Inion Fogarty, and I'm back with another bonus episode that our wonderful

grammar-palusians got a few months ago. This one is from my October interview about writing and

AI with Christopher Penn. In the original episode, we talked about common misconceptions around AI.

And today, you'll hear us talk about things that really bother me. Unemployment caused by AI,

energy use, and the absolute flood of AI generated content hitting the internet and sites like

Amazon. And if you're wondering why I keep doing shows about AI on a writing

podcast, it's because I think that how AI works, what it can do, and the problems it causes

are just really important things for writers, editors, and teachers to understand. And I know my

demeanor is sort of universally chipper,

but I hope I don't come across as a booster or as a hater. I just really want to understand it

and to help you understand it. If you didn't catch the original interview, you can find it in your

feed or linked in the show notes. And now,

enjoy my bonus chat with Christopher Pan. You know, it's funny because when I hear people

talk about the risks of AI, you know, often they are talking about sort of the sky net thing.

You were talking about like, oh, it's going to decide humans are irrelevant and kill us all.

You know, you hear that conversation a lot.

I do not worry about that.

I worry about the effects on the economy and job loss.

I know editors who've lost work.

I know writers who feel like they're losing work.

What do you worry about when you think about AI?

I worry about structural unemployment.

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