My Journey with AI: Balancing Emotion and Technology

Sometimes, I have qualms about the value of AI. I feel there are notable disadvantages such as job replacement, ethical issues, privacy concerns, and an open door to security and cyber attacks.

On the other hand, I feel AI offers numerous benefits through improved efficiency, creativity, and accuracy.

Personally, I use AI to create images, but not for writing. In my opinion, AI lacks empathy and emotion, so how can one write poetry without emotion?

music, my go-to

many times I’ve queued up

to enjoy a concert

loved rock and roll early on

add doo-wop, blues and soul

hard rock and heavy metal

keep rockin’ and party on

Quips from my book Bits and Pieces and Me.

#24 success and failure

it’s not either or

it’s a combination

#25 we learn through mistakes

hopefully we heed the lessons

more than once

“I’m tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race, they simply don’t want to change!”― August Dvorak

This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – June 11, 2026

Here are this week’s prompts:

Three Things Challenge #MM451

Your three words today are:
QUALM
QUIP
QUEUE

Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Joining John Holton's Writer's Workshop again this week. The topic is artificial intelligence. Do you favour it or fear it? Have you used it? #dogladysden #WritersWorkshop #AI #ChatGPT

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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STALKED?👤😬 #WritersWorkshop ✍️

Joining John Holton's Writer's Workshop again this week. Thanks for the opportunity, John! Prompts: Write a post based on the word predictions. Write a post in exactly 10 sentences. Write about an encounter with a very difficult person. Tell us a story about an allergic reaction. Talk about a moment when you felt especially proud of yourself. What was the spiciest food you ever ate? How did you react when you ate it? I…

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✒️ The best horror doesn’t shout. It stays quiet. It stays with you.
The Dark Descent Writers’ Workshop is open.

🕯️ 20 weeks of eerie craft, emotional control, and writing that lingers.
📚 Access anytime. No deadlines. No fluff. Just what you meant—and what they’ll remember.

🎓 Join now:
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#readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #IndieAuthors #HorrorWriters