The problem with the Salem Witch trials was not that they were “unforgiving” to the witches. It’s that the witches weren’t real.
This is one of those subtle differences between the crimes of witches and the crimes of, say, Louis CK.
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![A screenshot of a Dartmouth student newspaper article that says:
In an email statement to The Dartmouth on Sept. 18, Schnell wrote that he uses artificial intelligence for “language refinement, copyediting, improving clarity and organization and making writing processes more efficient,” but “review[s] the final text and take[s] responsibility for its content.”
“I develop ideas and arguments, conduct the research, evaluate the evidence and sources, determine the structure, prepare drafts and decide what appears in the final text,” Schnell wrote. “I regard these technologies as assistive tools. They do not identify the problem, design the research project, guarantee the validity of research results, interpretations, citations, conclusions or substitute for my research, intellectual judgment or authorship.”
Schnell’s Sept. 18 email statement to The Dartmouth was itself “100% AI-written,” according to a Pangram test.
In a follow-up statement about the composition of the email, Schnell wrote that he “developed the substance and wrote a draft” of the email, then “used an Al tool to assist with language and clarity, taking on several suggestions (including reworded sentences), before reading it through, making minor changes and sending it to you with my signature.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6qwm7vqf4crijpianmnshu74/bafkreiamyuiofs23bbwonquazeeadhh6rb4uccc7dh75ypjgnn466hhcnq)
