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Angry Centrist

Holy CRAP. Pea-brained Iowa book-banners used ChatGPT (known to give false information!) to generate lists of books to ban, without actually READING THE BOOKS. The head Book Banner, Supt. of Curriculum (!) Bridgette Exman excused their laziness with "Frankly, we have more important things to do than spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to protect kids from books."
popsci.com/technology/iowa-cha

School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books

Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community…

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Aug 15, 2023, 03:19 · · · Web · 7 · 9

Frankly, if you can't be bothered to actually read the books, you shouldn't be allowed to even TALK about banning them.

And then after you read them, if you don't like them, you STILL shouldn't be allowed to ban them.