DATE CHANGED TO SEPT. 11
Longtime BATW member Edward Hasbrouck will give a critical overview of the relationship of generative artificial intelligence to travel writing: If you use generative AI tools in your travel writing, how does that affect your work, and affect other writers? Who pays, who gets paid, and who profits when AI is used in writing for publication? Are there good and ethical uses of AI in travel writing – and if so, what are they? Are there guidelines for responsible use of AI? How is your past, present, and future work being used to train AI language models, and what can you do about it? What should you look for in publishing contracts as they relate to use of AI by you or by publishers?
Edward is the author of the acclaimed “Practical Nomad” series of travel books, a self-publisher and blogger, and the winner of a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award in the investigative reporting/travel news category. Edward was one of the witnesses invited to testify at the U.S. Copyright Office “listening session” in 2023 on generative AI and writing. He is a member of the Generative AI Working Group of the National Writers Union and a contributor to the NWU’s Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI. He is also a member of the Task Force on Generative AI of the International Federation of Journalists, the sole U.S. member of the IFJ’s Authors Rights Expert Group, and a former member of the board of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations, where he held the sole seat on IFRRO’s board reserved for a representative of writers in all genres worldwide. The Zoom event will be September 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Invitations via email.
Edward Hasbrouck always gives fact-filled, highly informative presentations. This should be great! Thanks to the team who set this up.