Some Chatbots Ganged Up and Plagiarized Me
SlateThis article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. Its plagiarized post on the “Creator Economy”—which I’d covered only days prior—went viral, hitting the front page of Hacker News and sparking a conversation with more than 80 comments. Here’s another clause from Big Technology: Online content creation is still mostly viable for the very top echelon of online creators And here again the Rationalist, two days later: Only the top echelon of creators are able to make a viable income A flashy headline—”The creator economy: the top 1% and everyone else”—helped propel the Rationalist’s story to the Hacker News front page, a position typically worth thousands of views. Substack said it has a policy against plagiarism, which Merriam-Webster defines as “to steal and pass off as one’s own.” Yet while this case fits the definition, Substack decided to let The Rationalist’s post stand. “At this time we’re unable to conclude with certainty that the post violates our plagiarism policy,” said Substack spokesperson Helen Tobin.
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