"There is no word limit for articles, and one-click creation is original." As the end of the year approaches, various year-end summary tasks follow one after another, and many businesses have launched AI (artificial intelligence) ghostwriting services. In addition to year-end summaries, AI ghostwriting is also used by some people to complete novel writing and even essay writing.
business
Ghostwritten summary papers sell thousands of copies per month
"AI ghostwriting includes everything from soft copy, scripts, essays, speeches, work reports, etc., saving time and effort!" In an online store, a merchant listed a price of 5.2 yuan for AI ghostwriting, and more than 600 copies were sold.
The reporter asked customer service if he could write the unit's work summary, and the other party said, "Yes, is 2,000 words enough?" As for how to do it, the customer service said, "Just state the specific requirements clearly, and we will write it and send it to you after it is written. You don't need to do anything." Is it written manually or by AI? The other party replied, "AI writes."
In another online store, more than 2,000 copies of the AI writing service priced at 19.8 yuan have been sold. "No installation is required. It supports mobile phones and computers. After you place an order, it will be sent to you in 1 second. Click on the product link to 'get it', and then click on 'Ticket' to see the card code and usage tutorial. If you don't understand, you can copy the tutorial link, open it with a browser to watch, and then copy the card code." According to customer service, the software has two main functions: dialogue and creation models.
"If there is no model suitable for you in the creation model, you can just use the dialogue. Send it the title and requirements of the article, and it will write it automatically." Customer service said that for long articles, it is recommended to directly let it write an outline for you, and then write paragraphs based on the content of the outline as titles. This is more reasonable. If it is a short article of less than 1,500 words, you can directly enter the title and requirements in the conversation. "If you make one order, you will be issued a monthly card, which is 19.8 yuan; if you make two orders, you will be issued a quarterly card, which is 39.6 yuan; if you make five orders, you will be issued an annual card, which is 99 yuan."
From the content point of view, AI ghostwriting covers almost everything. "Not only can you write articles, but you can also easily create Xiaohongshu copywriting, short video scripts, Zhihu Q&A, work daily reports, marketing copywriting, etc., with no limit on the number of words and can be generated in one second." Some merchants said that AI ghostwriting is suitable for any industry. "You can automatically generate original articles if you give a title. Find an article and send it to AI to automatically copy it for you. Even the title can be written for you by AI."
In the evaluation, the reporter found that some people also use AI ghostwriting for novel writing. “Based on the previous chapter of the novel, you can write the content of the next chapter, and you can also paste the novel into the input box and let AI help you rewrite or polish it.” Some users posted novels written by AI and lamented that “writing efficiency has improved a lot.”
What's more, some college students use AI to write papers for their final assignments. "College students finally don't have to stay up late to write papers. One expansion is almost 800 words, and two more expansions can easily reach 3,000 words…" On the social platform, a sharing post about AI writing papers attracted hundreds of comments, and many people asked the blogger for an introduction.
experience
It’s all empty talk and clichés with little individuality and innovation.
Is AI ghostwriting of year-end summaries reliable? The reporter decided to experience it. After making payment on the e-commerce platform, customer service will send you a redemption code and navigation page link. "Write a year-end summary for newspaper reporters." After the reporter entered the command in the dialog box, less than ten seconds later, a eloquent year-end summary of nearly a thousand words was released.
"Time flies, and we have passed 2021 in the blink of an eye." In the first sentence at the beginning, the reporter discovered that there was an error in the year. Later in the article, this year-end summary written by AI mentioned that "I participated in the reporting of many important events, including politics, economy, society and other fields" and "I also actively participated in some social welfare activities. Through reporting and publicity, I spoke for some disadvantaged groups and called for social attention." etc. However, these seemingly rich experiences are purely imaginary and have no basis in fact. In addition, there are many empty words or clichés in the year-end summary of "singing a high profile" and "shouting slogans".
As a professional, Xiao Xu also tried to use AI to write year-end summaries out of curiosity. "The overall picture is foolproof, but if you look carefully, some parts are a bit ridiculous." In his view, "The summary that AI can complete is just some content that is 'one size fits all' and does not make much sense, so why is there a need to summarize?"
On social platforms, many bloggers share how to use AI to write essays. "The concept of artificial intelligence has become popular recently, so let AI list 10 college paper topics accordingly." The blogger demonstrated 10 related topics generated in the dialog box. "If you are not interested, you can regenerate it." After selecting the topic you like, the blogger asked AI to list the paper outline based on this topic and copied it to Word.
"Next, here comes the key point. I will teach you how to fill in the content of each chapter." The blogger demonstrated how to let AI develop a detailed description of 2,000 words for each section based on the above-mentioned topic selection. He copied the generated content into Word one by one. According to the previous speech template, the blogger quickly made the word count of the paper reach 12,000 words. After the main text was completed, the blogger asked AI to generate the abstract and Chinese and English references of the paper. In this way, without any research on this topic, an academic paper of tens of thousands of words has been generated.
"It's funny, it's just based on existing knowledge, without any innovation." In the comment area, many netizens questioned, "It's easy to see, just like whether we plagiarized online."
As a graduate student at school, Xiao Cheng was also interested in AI writing papers, but in the end he did not dare to use it. "At first glance, it seems quite deceptive, but after careful consideration, I found that most of them are just 'shows'. Che Zhulun talked back and forth, but there is no personalized insight or innovation in thinking."
remind
Suspected academic misconduct needs to clarify boundaries
"AI ghostwriting is essentially generative artificial intelligence. Large language models such as GPT-4.0 can understand and generate natural language through deep learning of large amounts of text data. When dealing with such new technologies, we must adopt an inclusive and prudent attitude and clarify the boundaries and scales." Zhu Wei, deputy director of the Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, said that generative artificial intelligence does have advantages in sorting out data, making charts and other aspects, and is currently being widely used in many fields. "We can use AI to generate various types of text, but we must strictly abide by the corresponding specifications during use."
In December 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China and other three departments issued the "Regulations on the In-depth Integration of Internet Information Services". Among them, Article 17 stipulates that if the provision of intelligent dialogue, intelligent writing and other simulated natural person text generation or editing services may lead to confusion or misunderstanding by the public, significant signs shall be placed in reasonable locations and areas of the generated or edited information content to remind the public of the in-depth synthesis. "This means that the use of AI-generated content needs to fulfill labeling obligations." Zhu Wei said.
In his view, AI ghostwriting also needs to consider the issue of copyright ownership. "There is still controversy over who owns the copyright of AI-generated content, and it depends on how the platform agreement stipulates it." On July 13 this year, seven departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Education jointly issued the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services." Among them, Article 7 stipulates that generative artificial intelligence service providers should use data and basic models from legal sources; if intellectual property rights are involved, they must not infringe the intellectual property rights enjoyed by others according to law; if personal information is involved, individual consent must be obtained or other circumstances consistent with laws and administrative regulations.
"For academic journals, if it is found that the article was completed using AI, it will definitely not work, because it was not written by the author himself, which involves academic fraud." Zhu Wei believes that AI ghostwriting of papers is obviously not advisable.
On August 28 this year, the draft degree law was submitted to the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress for initial review. Among them, the "Draft" clarifies that if a person who has obtained a degree commits academic misconduct such as plagiarism, plagiarism, forgery, data falsification, artificial intelligence ghostwriting and other academic misconduct in the process of obtaining the degree, the degree certificate shall be revoked by the degree-granting unit after deliberation and decision by the degree evaluation committee.
