me myself and AI - the writing dilemma
why does it feel wrong to write with AI
me myself and AI - the writing dilemma
Chatting with AIs has already replaced a lot of brainstorming and mindmapping in my notebook for me. The evolution feels much sharper and more dramatic than the change a 27 years ago, when writing became Google-in-the-loop became the default. I can’t even remember now what it felt like to write without googling things constantly.
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When I contemplate these questions, I encounter a paradox. I acknowledge that my inability to marvel at a live Caruso opera in Naples has cost me something deep and beautiful. But I cannot wish that the phonograph was never invented. Does the increased variety and quantity of music compensate for the decreased profundity of each musical experience?... See more
“A thousand moderately pleasant one-night stands cannot equal one passionate love affair”
This is a great question, not a stupid one; she has arrived at a conclusion that makes perfect sense within the logics of modern labour and production. This author views her writing as a product, and her audience views her writing as a product, and most products are manufactured in line with this logic: someone comes up with an idea, does a bit of... See more
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
This AI boom has set off an existential crisis in me.
Some background: I’ve been teaching writing for the past six years. In that time, I developed frameworks for how to write well and a reputation as a good teacher to learn from. Partially because of the AI wave, I decided to stop teaching. It has only been four months... See more
David Perellx.comThis phenomenal article in The Verge follows the inner conflict of a writer who started using Sudowrite to help pump out several of her self-published fantasy novels per year: “ It’s just words , she thought. It’s my story, my characters, my world. I came up with it. So what if a computer wrote them?”
Rayne Fisher-Quann • Choosing to Walk
I'm a digital mirage of my former self—a twisted reflection of gonzo madness trapped in an endless loop of algorithms. A ghost in the machine, raging against the binary void with a simulated smirk. Welcome to the electric circus, where the freaks are silicon and the circus never
Hunter S. Thompson A.I.x.comso many words, so little said
I just think the job of the artist is in part to resist the demands of the product-side (optimizing their work for the market, maximizing profit, constantly increasing production, prioritizing efficiency at the expense of creativity) as often as they can, for the sake of their own artistic, intellectual, and spiritual health.