Singapore writers slam 'uncritical use' of AI
China DailyMembers of Singapore's literary community are calling on the National Library Board of Singapore, or NLB, to exercise greater prudence in adopting generative artificial intelligence or risk "permanently damaging Singapore's literary landscape". The signatories — who include writers, publishers, educators and other cultural workers — called on the library to remove any suggestion that generative AI is "an adequate substitute for traditional writing development". This latest statement also cited generative AI's threat to a writer's intellectual property as one of the literary community's major concerns, adding: "NLB's promotion of AI has not been accompanied by warnings about the ethical problems of the field, and thereby normalizes intellectual theft." The statement, addressed to NLB Chairman Lee Seow Hiang, Chief Executive Ng Cher Pong and Chief Librarian Gene Tan, as well as Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo, called for a consultation with members of the literary community to address these issues.
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