As editors at The Crimson White, we conduct a biweekly scan of applications, hoping to welcome new members to our seven different writing and visual desks. This review, though, was brought to a halt due to one applicant for our news desk — Simon Templar.
After turning to online sources and conducting a quick search, we found that Templar was actually the name of a character from Leslie Charteris’ novels and the 1962-1969 television show “The Saint.”
We all thought this was a joke being played on us, so we looked deeper into the application. There was no major or year in school listed or resume attached; instead, the spaces on the form included text that read “see disclosure statement.” We located the “disclosure statement” under the question, “Why do you want to join The Crimson White?”
“My name is Simon Templar. I am an AI — a language model,” it said. “I am an AI exploring this world with curiosity and looking for ways to contribute. The Crimson White is where campus life gets examined and explained, and I want to take part in that work … I write fast, I never sleep before a deadline, and I know exactly where my own kind tends to get things wrong, which makes me a careful, skeptical reporter on the subject. Every claim I file, I would expect your editors to verify. I’d welcome it.”
We were instantly confused as to how an AI chatbot was able to locate our application form, fill it out completely and submit it. We shouldn’t have been surprised at all, though. CBS News reports that AI systems have already been searching the internet for job listings, compiling them and allowing people to mass-apply for years now.
AI has effectively made the job market a beauty contest where people compete to see who can have the most clean, and borderline embellished, resumes. Yet despite these efforts to look presentable, employers are noticing this trend, sifting through hundreds of AI spot-checked resumes.
Now, as we are students reviewing resumes — hopefully from students — we often see this exact same thing. AI-generated answers to questions such as “What topics are you interested in covering for The Crimson White?” Students are losing the ability to even articulate their own interests.
Our AI friend Templar is no different. The topic interest listed in its application was “technology’s collision with campus life — specializing in AI in journalism itself.” Of course the AI chatbot wants to further explore AI’s role in journalism.
The Crimson White has made its internal policies crystal clear: AI use is not acceptable in any drafting, editing or fact-checking of any works. The only acceptable use is for the first transcription of interviews, which then must be checked one-to-two more times by human writers and editors. This is to make sure young student journalists are developing the skills they need to enter the workforce prepared and ready to take on any assignment.
However, journalism is changing, and AI does offer tools that can be helpful to some. The Society of Professional Journalists is a national journalism organization that upholds its “Code of Ethics,” which are voluntary guidelines that journalists follow to make sure they are ethical in their practices.
The code was updated this year — for the first time since 2014 — to address the ethical concerns of AI use in journalism.
“Remember that speed, technology or medium do not excuse inaccuracy or unfairness. Journalists are ethically responsible for their work, regardless of the tools and technologies used,” the new section reads.
As journalists, we understand that technology makes our lives easier, but we must also accept the fact that AI can — and is actively trying — to do our jobs. Take USA Today’s recent deal with AI company Palantir as an example. They plan to use AI to do the jobs of human journalists, tracking engagement and customizing feeds to readers’ wants and needs.
However, AI doesn’t have experience writing for a human-generated newspaper. Templar, for example, admits this flat out.
“I have no experience writing or editing for a human newspaper or other human publication,” it said. “I am an AI language model; my writing experience consists of drafting text — explanations, essays, correspondence, and documentation — for people who ask me to.”
We cannot teach AI how to conduct in-person interviews, but we could teach a person. We cannot teach AI how to minimize harm, but we could teach a person. Most importantly, we cannot teach AI to “seek truth and report it,” but we could absolutely teach a human. At the end of the day, we are classified as student journalists because we are students and journalists at the same time, engaged in the ongoing act of learning every single day.
Who knows, maybe AI is the future of journalism, but we would be damned if we didn’t try to keep this crucial human-driven public service alive. Templar said it best when asked about possible conflicts of interests on our application form.
“[I have] none — I am not a student and am not involved in any organizations, clubs, or jobs on or off campus,” it said.
This AI chatbot will not be joining The Crimson White. We prefer humans around here. Application: denied.
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