Larry McNeil
45:48 - 46:18
"AI artist statements and essays are becoming clones of each other, And if there are 50 openings for students and 50 of the essays are identical, that will stand out as the essays written by a real person will stand out. You'll be able to see it. I mean, I know this from personal experience because I've seen it myself. You know, it wasn't 50 of them. I think we had 37 applicants."
“AI artist statements and essays are becoming clones of each other, And if there are 50 openings for students and 50 of the essays are identical, that will stand out as the essays written by a real person will stand out. You'll be able to see it. I mean, I know this from personal experience because I've seen it myself. You know, it wasn't 50 of them. I think we had 37 applicants.”
- Speaker
- Larry McNeil
- Timestamp
- 45:48 – 46:18
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
AI artist statements and essays are becoming clones of each other, And if there are 50 openings for students and 50 of the essays are identical, that will stand out as the essays written by a real person will stand out. You'll be able to see it. I mean, I know this from personal experience because I've seen it myself. You know, it wasn't 50 of them. I think we had 37 applicants.
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