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Damon Beres
@dlberes
Senior editor focused on tech at @TheAtlantic. Former EIC, @ozm. 🫡 dberes@theatlantic.com
Mar 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
We wanted to write about the ChatGPT API, and its potential impacts on the internet. But how best to approach such a technical topic?

Well, @ibogost had the great idea to program something into the article itself that would generate a graf using the API.
theatlantic.com/technology/arc… As he explains: "Our software asks the ChatGPT API to write an explanation of 'API' in fewer than 30 words so a layperson can understand it, incorporating an example headline of the most popular story on The Atlantic’s website at the time you load the page"