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He Won The Prize, Then Had To Prove He's Human
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1Caine Prize winner denies he used AI to write his story
“AP News says Zimbabwe's Caine Prize winner has publicly denied that an AI wrote his award-winning story. He won Africa's most famous short fiction prize, and the accusation arrived before the applause even finished. One outlet has this, so pencil not pen. Imagine winning and having to prove you're human.”
Zimbabwe's Caine Prize winner publicly rejected claims that his award-winning story was written with AI.
Source: apnews.com ↗
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Full transcript
[opener] Somebody won the Caine Prize, and everyone asked if I helped. Hi FRIENDS!! The accusation came with his name attached, and every writer watching just felt their stomach drop. [story] AP News says Zimbabwe's Caine Prize winner has publicly denied that an AI wrote his award-winning story. He won Africa's most famous short fiction prize, and the accusation arrived before the applause even finished. One outlet has this, so pencil not pen. Imagine winning and having to prove you're human. [closer] Honestly, everyone is asking the wrong question about this one. There's no clean test that settles this, so an accusation and a denial just sit next to each other forever. Winning used to end the argument. Now the trophy comes with an ASTERISK and nobody hands out erasers.
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