Maggie: Can I be crazy about the GAI stuff lol Jen: Of course Maggie: Do you remember 3 years ago when people were up in arms about CourseHero??? Jen: Yes Maggie: Partly bc of the AI-training implications of a huge repository of student and teacher writing ??Where did that energy go 😭 This text message exchange, from June 4, 2024, marked an early moment that would inform our work on generative AI (GenAI) refusal as it highlighted a concerning disconnect between the field of computers and writing’s critical response to prior predatory technologies like Course Hero, Chegg, TurnItIn, and paper…
Author: Jennifer Sano-Franchini
Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Maggie Fernandes, Megan McIntyre
Jennifer Sano-Franchini (she/her) is the Gaziano Family Legacy Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at West Virginia University and Immediate Past Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.