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      <title>ENGL1302 Journal by Elizabeth Wink</title>
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      <pubDate>2025-09-03 14:49:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Entry #1: TIME Magazine Response</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>  The author's purpose was to demonstrate a negative aspect of ChatGPT using its outsourced labor as the topic. The whole article is proof of this... it is the main idea. </p><p>  The author utilizes interviews and open statements. There are four interviews from a few of the Kenyan workers, Sama workers, and several statements from OpenAI. I do believe the evidence was effective, but not appropriate. The point is to not be appropriate. Outsourced labor and graphic abuse are inherently an uncomfortable topic. The descriptions would likely impact the reader the most. You can throw numbers at a person, but it is experiences and stories that will make them somber.</p><p>  I think that the article is well-written. I also think the version given for this assignment is heavily censored and does not have the same effect for its point without it. The paper version also omits certain information (such as the paragraph that mentioned Sama's work for Facebook, which is even less than what is being offered).</p><p>  It is cruel that the workers in Kenya would look through vulgar imagery on such a basis. However, it is their job. They are getting paid to do a task, so their families are fed and their is livelihood paid for. When considering the absence of minimum wage, the bonuses offered per month, and that the rate of $2 was still higher than what Facebook is offering! Yes, the nature of the job may be traumatic, but many jobs of the post-modern age are traumatic or stressful. Abuse is a part of life; it is only censored for the first-world person. There will always be exposure to it because it is a part of life. Censorship of newer technology both on internet and artificial intelligence is crucial. You did it yourself when handing out the paper version removed of sexual abuse descriptions. You read the graphic interviews, exposing yourself to it, and then decided to censor it. By censoring the graphic descriptions, you are doing exactly what GPT moderation does, only on a softer scale.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-09-03 15:33:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Entry #2: Useful Delusions </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Useful Delusion's introduction is striking. For a novel with the purpose of informational intent, it is very much story driven. The introduction is reflective of this. The following chapters also follow the rhythm of the introduction. There is a weaving between the anecdotes, where the author pushes their message and intellectualizes. The author's story about the Church of Love was interesting to me. I do wonder what more he found out from his interview. Namely, I am curious to know how he incorporated it into the book he was writing at the time. Perhaps the observation is skewed in the sense I am only familiar with the writing style of this book, but the author's writing occasionally feels like cherry-picking. Not truly, but simply in how it goes [this is what I believe] [here are some stories to back me up] then, [these stories prove I am right. Let me talk pompous a little while longer]. Of course, that is an exaggeration. But I feel the book could benefit from more contrary examples to make the author's argument stronger. That is not to bash on the book. The author seems well-traveled and offers great points that do indeed make sense. The writing style is engaging, and I find the personal stories to be just the right amount of captivating. Still, a question worth looking into is whether the author embellishes or is frankly just that good of a writer. And perhaps looking at some of their other works would be worthwhile.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-11-03 02:28:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Entry #3: Hearing-- Physiological Acoustics, Neural Coding, and Psychoacoustics</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I adore this book. It is entirely scientific, written primarily by three professors working across the US. I started earlier this week, and it has helped tremendously. In the introduction alone it explains the terminology, functions on the graphs, and measurements used (along with how they work)! Thanks to the research assignment for this class, I have found a renewed passion in reading non-fiction. This book excites me in particular because it goes into the anatomy of the ear and the neurological aspects of hearing! The writing is concise. I really enjoy it as an overview and introduction on the subject. I wish I could say more on the book, but truthfully, I am not far into it-- yet.</p>]]></description>
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