33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.
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33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.
When AI Makes Everything: The New Reality of Media Generation
The AI Engineer's Diary
24 minutes
4 months ago
When AI Makes Everything: The New Reality of Media Generation
We dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of AI-generated media and what it means for our culture, content creation, and society as a whole. Starting with that viral kangaroo video that fooled millions, we explore how AI video generation tools are getting so sophisticated that even digital natives are struggling to tell what's real anymore. From the exciting possibilities of frictionless content creation to the darker implications of deepfakes and AI-powered scams, we examine how this tech...
The AI Engineer's Diary
33% of college applicants now use AI for essays, but Venya, software engineering intern and current college student, chose the harder path of writing authentically. In this conversation, she shares what it was like to be a high school senior during the AI revolution, watching classmates secretly use ChatGPT while she stuck to her own voice. We explore the detection arms race, the death of differentiation in college essays, and whether authentic writing still matters in an AI-powered world.