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20
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5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Quebec Conservative Party Leader Éric Duhaime admitted to using artificial intelligence to write his latest book.
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Duhaime → admit → book
Duhaime told reporters Friday morning that he used AI as “a tool among others” to write the book, titled Destination Autonomie, which was published in April.
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which → tell → April
Duhaime, who previously worked as a columnist and radio host, said he used AI to structure his thoughts and that the ideas in the book are all his.
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ideas → work → book
It’s part of reality.
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It → ’ → reality
That said, it has to be done under human supervision.
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it → say → supervision
And that’s exactly what happened,” Duhaime said.
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Duhaime → ’ → ?
Using the AI-detection software Pangram, Quebecor media outlets reported on Thursday that 62 per cent of the book was machine-generated.
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cent → use → book
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The introduction, written by Conservative candidate Maïté Blanchette-Vézina, was reported to have been completely AI-generated.
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introduction → get → Vézina
Blanchette-Vézina had previously crossed the floor to join Duhaime’s party after being shuffled out of former premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet.
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Vézina → cross → cabinet
Duhaime’s rivals on the campaign trail made light of the revelation about his book.
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rivals → make → book
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and Liberal Leader Charles Milliard both joked about whether Duhaime used AI to generate his party’s platform.
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Duhaime → joke → platform
Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette also took a political jab at Duhaime, saying she now understands how he found time to write a book as a politician.
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he → take → politician
Meanwhile, Québec solidaire posted a joke about Duhaime on social media featuring co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal looking through a telescope, saying she was searching for sections of his book that were written by humans.
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that → post → humans
Duhaime has supported the use of AI throughout his campaign, saying it could be useful to cut bureaucracy.
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it → support → bureaucracy
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He also admitted on Friday to using AI in his campaign materials, including to generate charts, a table of contents and the layout of the party’s financial framework.
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He → say → framework
“Social progress has been achieved thanks to technology, not in spite of it. So, for us, it was a step forward for society, not a step backward,” he said, questioned on the ethics of his use of AI.
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he → achieve → AI
In his book, Duhaime reflects on how Quebec can gain more autonomy within the Canadian Confederation.
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Quebec → reflect → Confederation
Duhaime has published four other books.
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Duhaime → publish → books
He came out as gay in his 2017 book, titled La fin de l’homosexualité et le dernier gay (“The end of homosexuality and the last gay man” in French).
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He → come → French
He has also written books critical of labour unions, baby boomers and the monopoly of Quebec’s government-owned liquor corporation.
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He → write → corporation
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