Two Nominated Essays for the Joost Zwagerman Prize Written with AI

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After warnings, the jury of the prestigious prize discovered that two of the five nominated essays were written using AI. ‘We were in the...

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Giving emerging talent a helping hand is the goal of the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize. But now, two of the five nominees have come under fire due to the possible use of artificial intelligence in their essays.

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AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Two of the five nominated essays for the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize are no longer in the running. The jury announced on Friday that a scan using the AI detector Pangram has revealed that the texts were created (partly) with the aid of artificial intelligence. The author...

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It is pretty wack to consider/call yourself a 'writer' when you have the whole thing spewed out by ChatGPT, but when you submit that mess with all those 'if not this, then that's' in literary disguise to grab a cash prize (in this case, the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize), it borders on malice and fraud. It is almost naive to run the finalists' submitted essays through the AI detector Pangram; WF from PC did it anyway, and What Happened Then Will (…

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Two of the five nominated essays for the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize have withdrawn their submissions. The jury announced on Friday that a scan revealed that their texts were created (partially) with the aid of artificial intelligence.