As noted by @CriticalAI (over on Twitter), this op-ed is weirdly misinformed #AIHype. Cheap text synthesis is definitely a threat, but it is one because *people* could use it to (further) gum up the communication processes in our government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/opinion/ai-chatgpt-lobbying-democracy.html
But that's not what these authors seem to be saying.
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