Author Dave Eggers accused ChatGPT of stifling creativity, claiming it silences an entire generation during a speech to 200 OpenAI staff, per the _Financial Times_.
Dave Eggers is the founder of McSweeney's
Jul 19, 2026
03:23 pm
What's the storyRenowned author and McSweeney's founder, Dave Eggers, has slammed OpenAI's ChatGPT for its impact on education.
During a talk with around 200 OpenAI employees, Eggers said the AI tool has made educators' lives "infinitely more difficult" in the past two years.
He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.”
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It’s not the first time OpenAI has hinted at something like this.
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Link to: https://spyglass.org/chatgpt-brings-back-chatgpt/
