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August 07th Question: Do you use AI in your writing and if so how? Do you use it for your posts? Incorporate it into your stories? Use it for research? Audio?
I don’t know enough anything about AI so I will try not to dismiss it outright nor embrace it outright or get caught up on a singular view about it – but somehow adapt to it, and think about how to use it to better my writing.
But how do we do all this without cheating? I have no idea.
My concern is – the longer we try to fight against it, the longer it will take for us to use it in a productive manner.
The worry is that the next generation won’t be able to create something: just copy, paste and multiply. At its worse, instead of building and sharpening our knowledge and skills, it will create a passive and dependent future generation…
With AI will thinking become outdated??
Just wondering.
Short rant over.
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P.S. I’m still trying to find my feet… and get into a rhythm.
An interesting answer to an interesting question! AI does have its uses and can be helpful in many situations, but the fear of codependency and reduction in creativity and independent thinking is incredibly valid. The issues with plagiarism and the stealing of creatives’ works is also a major concern.
I guess we’ll all have to figure out our relationship to AI and hope those who are regulating and using it for critical aspects in our world do it right.
Maybe I’m an optimist, but I have to hope that free thinking and creativity are valued enough that when the shine wears off, we’re back to mostly having little to no impact of AI on the writing world.
I agree with you that we can’t ignore Al. And like Lee said, we have to hope it’s regulated properly. We have to figure out how to use it as a tool without letting it stamp out our creativity.
I don’t know enough about AI either. I’m trying to learn more in the free bits of time I get here and there.
The Internet has already replaced their brains to an extent – AI will just add to that decline I’m afraid.
I’d like to think that AI would never be capable of what actual creatives are, but I’m sure the technology will continue to evolve. For right now, I think it’s better used as a tool rather than replacing a writer or artist.
Creative writing by creative thinkers will continue to shine above works aided by AI. Even now, book reviewers sometimes comment that an author “phoned” in the story; or someone else must have written the book. Whether AI assisted or not, true creativity is easily recognized.
I’m kind of where you are…still lurking and watching. I enjoy the writing process to much to give that up to a machine. That said, I think AI is like a wave in the distance. It is coming, and we can either harness it or struggle to compete with those who do. But I’m still lurking and undecided.
I have plugged my story descriptions (that I hold the copyright to) into AI and asked it to give me taglines to help me come up with ad copy. I don’t see a problem with uses like that.
My biggest concern is it displacing small and mid-size writers via churn factories. Even if it gets old, a lot of amazing artists will have their dreams crushed.
They say with all of the inventions of the past 50 years, creative thinking is already on the wane, which is really sad.
Food for thought here. I think we’re programmed to take shortcuts and will do anything to make life easier. Which is good in some ways but bad in a lot of others.
Hi Michelle – they are saying they’ll need engineers to pick up/out the misguided direction that AI has sent out to find the problem noted … but engineers are thinking there’s no room for a job for them. It’s an interesting dilemma for those who appreciate the need (and engineers are only one discipline). Too many think there’s an easy way to make money … but tis not so. Also we need to get the youngsters understanding the past by reading – as that’s where they’ll learn and then they can be creative … the building blocks need to be there for creative development. Who knows … take care and good luck with getting back into the rhythm of life … cheers Hilary