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: Maggie Fernandes
Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Maggie Fernandes, Megan McIntyre
Maggie Fernandes (she/her) is an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of Arkansas. Her work is published and forthcoming in journals such as Computers and Composition, Composition Studies, Kairos, among others.