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Generative AI is forcing people to rethink what it means to be authentic

  • Written by Victor R. Lee, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Technology Design in Education, Stanford University
imageGenerative AI thrives on exploiting people's reflexive assumptions of authenticity by producing material that looks like 'the real thing.'artpartner-images/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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