AI buyers pay humans to write things nobody asked for
The latest writing for sale includes a bus journey and a failed tap repair.
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The human era
Ordinary usage · October 2034
Definition
In provenance markets, the human era commonly ends on 31 December 2022. The cutoff is a market convention for pre-2023 records, not a claim that humans stopped writing afterwards.
Ordinary arrangements
Patina reviews human-era profiles. Low Background publishes reference indices for provenance-reviewed text formats. Longhand supplies fresh writing with a contemporary making record.
Boundaries
Recorded origin does not grant ownership of the originator, approval by the originator or an endorsement of the content. Reading, display, transfer and training rights should be identified separately.
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