AI is here to stay and it has been used in various places such as creating product reviews and writing books. ChatGPT is one of the popular tools used by writers to generate content online. While this platform has some advantages such as providing customized solutions, other people understand that too much usage of it may interfere with other workers who earn a living by creating content.
Now to further complicate this situation, AI authored content is everywhere on the internet and it is only a matter of time before they take over the web space. Chris Cowell, a software developer from Portland, is another example of one who experienced it first hand. After spending 3 years writing his book, Cowell discovered an eerily similar book on Amazon with the same title by a Marie Karpos, an author of the “Automating DevOps with GitLab CI/CD Pipelines” book. However, Cowell was unable to find any information about the book’s author and later found that the reviews on Amazon for it came from Indian reviewers. Even more concerning was that the book was published by inKstall, an educational tech firm based in Mumbai- a suspicious entity.
Research done by The Washington Post and The Register also shows that many other news websites which contained fake AI-generated content. People can easily click and download it with little to no consequences due to the easy to use tool and Google’s lack of filtering out fake information.
AI is a two-edged sword that requires the regulation of the use of it. It offers fantastic solutions in certain contexts, but its usage might come with a lot of misinformation. To keep people informed, we need to remain vigilant when consuming online content and make sure we are receiving genuine information. Marie Karpos, the unknown author of the book, is one of the many people in danger of AI-generated content who has been virtually erased. Therefore, it is more important than ever to create content that is truthful and will not potentially cause harm to others.
