Grammarly, which introduced an agent-based Expert Review feature that offers edits from a variety of professional experts: prominent scientists, writers, and professors, has already been accused of «necrosis» for using an AI clone of a deceased scientist.
Grammarly, which introduced an agent-based Expert Review feature that offers edits from a variety of professional experts: prominent scientists, writers, and professors, has already been accused of «necrosis» for using an AI clone of a deceased scientist.
«Expert Review is designed to take your writing to the next level with insights from leading professionals, authors, and subject matter experts. Whether you’re refining a blog post, writing an essay, or finalizing an email, Expert Review will help you refine your message through industry-relevant perspectives,» the feature description says.
Verena Krebs, a history professor at Ruhr University in Bochum, pointed out that Expert Review allows users to select historian David Abulafia as one of the available «experts» to check their work. Her post sparked a debate among scholars, as the scholar died in January of this year.
«Grammarly now offers ‘expert reviews’ of your work by living and deceased scientists. Without their explicit permission, the company is creating small LLMs based on their work, using their names and reputations,» Vanessa Heggie, an associate professor in the history of science and medicine at the University of Birmingham, wrote in a LinkedIn post.
«I’ve seen a lot of damned things in my time in academia, but this is one of the damnedest,» wrote Claire E. Aubin, historian and host of the podcast «This Guy Sucked.»
Other scholars have called the feature «NecromancerLLM» and «digital necromancy.»
Expert Review is available in Superhuman Go and in docs, Grammarly’s AI-powered writing platform, for Pro and Plus subscribers. Free users have access to limited features.
