Margaret Atwood responds to the revelation that pirated copies of her books are being used to train AI.
"The clockwork bird can sing, but only the song with which it has been programmed. It can't improvise. It can't riff. It can't surprise. And it is in surprise that much of the delight of art resides: Otherwise, boredom sets in quickly. Only the living bird can sing a song that is ever renewed, and therefore always delightful." https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/08/ai-chatbot-training-books-margaret-atwood/675151/