Author Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT is “silencing an entire generation”

Author Dave Eggers gave a talk in front of roughly 200 OpenAI employees. The event was organized by the company's head, Sam Altman, who invited the writer to speak to the team.

Eggers is a well-known novelist, screenwriter, and journalist, the author of numerous books and articles. He also founded the publishing house McSweeney's, as well as several schools and nonprofits that support writers and artists.

According to the outlet, rather than the praise for the company and its technology one might have expected, Eggers told the staff that ChatGPT is “silencing an entire generation.” Such a remark was an unusual one to hear at an event organized by OpenAI's own leadership for its own employees.

The talk is notable because the criticism came not from outside but was voiced directly within the company's walls — before an audience that works on building and developing ChatGPT. This underscores the ongoing debate about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on creative professions and on the ability of aspiring writers to develop a voice of their own.

The details of the talk itself and OpenAI employees' reactions to Eggers's words are not disclosed in the report.

Source: The Verge