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[olivermoss]

Over at Worldcon Cassidy (WSFS DH), Nicholas Whyte (Hugo Administrator) and Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Deputy Hugo Administrator) all resigned yesterday. I didn't post about it, because today was the day that the 'full explanation' for their use of ChatGPT was supposed to be posted. We don't know for sure if the con's use of ChatGPT was the reason for them leaving, but it feels like it was and a lot of people jumped to that conclusion.

I'd given up on that statement happening today, but they did post. Yeah, that's not good. It makes me question a lot of what was in the original statement. And the division head didn't know that this is what their staff was doing? Was it all of them? I mean, whether it was all 30 or just some, I have a lot of questions about the hundreds of work hours claim.

Also, like seriously, did all 30 staff have a specific workflow and their division head had no idea or was it just some and they were making it sound like it was everyone because... they just kinda pointed the finger at 30 specific staff. Like, whether it was all of some, this is not good.

Honestly, it sounds like they have no clue what the hell is going on at their own con, what their policies and work flows are, etc.

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[olivermoss]

And now they've got so much more work to do, and not a lot of time. It really is the 'time saver' that doesn't save time and even if it did, the problems are not worth it.

[mistressofmuses]

I do love time-saving tricks that create loads of extra work!