Dare Obasanjo on Nostr: Jerry Falade, a Black Nigerian writer, lost his $2m book deal because people mistook ...
Jerry Falade, a Black Nigerian writer, lost his $2m book deal because people mistook his writing for AI.
As a fellow Nigerian, I totally understand.
When I was at Georgia Tech, I remember a fellow teaching assistant who got upset with me because my writing style was so formal yet I spoke in slang.
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