NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month, is a 25-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people write. Each year, their NaNoWriMo challenge encourages people to ultimately write the 50,000 words that make up a novel.

But, in a serious condition Didn’t read the roomHe also recently put out a statement saying that speaking badly about AI is “classist and ableist” rhetoric.

And no one was feeling it.

Everyone from Roxane Gay to John Scalzi has criticized him, not only for defending what many believe holds no value in creative fields, but also for suppressing social justice issues to avoid very valid criticism. Daniel José Older He even posted his resignation as a member of the NaNoWriMo Writers Board via Twitter due to his stance.

NaNoWriMo has since been updated His statement on AIHe said, “We would like to make it clear that, although we feel that clear We are troubled by the condemnation of AI as problematic for the reasons described below Situation misuse of AI, and that some circumstantial misuses clearly conflict with our values. We also want to be clear that AI is a large umbrella technology and that the size and complexity of that category (which includes both non-productive and productive AI, among other uses) contributes to our belief that it is simply too big to be unproductive clear Support it or not.”

To learn more about NaNoWriMo and their stance on AI, go here Lit Hub, WiredAnd nanowrimo,

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