The controversy started when, in the middle of a video posted on the educational channel Complexly, Green incongruously used the phrase 'I appreciate the pushback,' leading viewers to speculate that he'd written the script with a chatbot ' and, in the process, accidentally included its response to one of his prompts. In a since-deleted post on X, Green acknowledged that he'd produced the video 'under a ton of pressure' and used ChatGPT 'for research on this script.' At the same time, he said the 'pushback' line was actually a response to the episode's guest. Green insisted that he's only used ChatGPT to 'locate papers and other resources for learning about topics,' and that the words and the 'takes' have still been his. At the same time, he admitted it was fair to criticize him for 'diluting' himself. He also clarified that he's 'not a pure AI-hater,' while also listing a number of concerns about the technology, including its impact on climate change and 'the speed at which these...
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