More on AI 

* In this NYT article, Rebecca Matter, my partner in American Writers & Artists Institute, and Guillermo Rubio, a successful freelance copywriter I once mentored, talk about how AI is changing the world of professional writing. Click here.

* AI: A tool or a creature? Lex Fridman and Sam Altman disagree. Click here.

* Shaun Usher, of Letters of Note, asked ChatGPT to give him alternative ways to sign off on letters. His instructions were:

I’m interested in valediction at the end of letters and emails, e.g., “Best wishes, Shaun,” “Kind regards, Shaun,” and “Yours sincerely, Shaun.” I want you to devise some new ones. They must be unique but not so ridiculous that I wouldn’t be able to sign off a letter or email with them. They can be of any length. Humor is allowed but not necessary. Give me 50 sign-offs for each of the following types of letters…

Click here to see the results. Some are not so good. Some are bad. But some are very good… and very original!

Conspiracy Theories From the Left: The Big Lie About Plastic 

One of the conspiracy theories emanating from the Left is that the US is a major contributor to environmental pollution. In fact, it doesn’t even come close. And yet, the officials appointed to monitor environmental pollution don’t seem to understand that. Or if they do, they are lying about it. One example: plastic. Click here.

Campus Report: Cheating Gone Wild! 

There’s an eye-opening report by Suzy Weiss in The Free Press about how cheating is so much more common at colleges and universities today, in large part because technology has made it so much easier to do. Click here.