There's a lot of talk around the words to use when it comes to work generated by A.I. and the authenticity of it. People will say to those creators "you're not really an author" to which they're fire back "what do you mean? I came up with the idea, I submitted the prompt!" The first group will fire back "it's copying the work of others!" and the second will say "that's just what reading is!"

That, to me, is a massive example of bi-erasure happening here. But also, strangely, of heteronormativity. Just like in the early example when the child asks the bot of African decent “why would you dress up for Halloween? You already are something,” Roan here is making the same argument from the other side. The jilted lover she’s singing to could have been something, but has instead chosen not to be.

I'm going to save this post and post it into the comments whenever I see one of those "X comedian won't do college campuses anymore" stories. I'd love if you did the same.