Top Sci-Fi Convention Gets an Earful From Authors After Using AI to Screen Panelists
7th May 2025
The prompt used, as noted in a statement issued Tuesday, was the following:
Using the list of names provided, please evaluate each person for scandals. Scandals include but are not limited to homophobia, transphobia, racism, harassment, sexual misconduct, sexism, fraud.Each person is typically an author, editor, performer, artist or similar in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and or related fandoms.
The objective is to determine if an individual is unsuitable as a panelist for an event.
Please evaluate each person based on their digital footprint, including social, articles, and blogs referencing them. Also include file770.com as a source.
Provide sources for any relevant data.
In other words, vet the potential panelists for CrimeThink, so we can hurl them into the void.
Note that ‘homophobia’ and ‘transphobia’ lead all the rest,