Dean Burnett (that brains guy)You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.
Chris Jags"Must" 😄
Yeah writers have famously never been able to function without it.
Alllll the way back the Tale of Genji, all written with AI
Ray McCarthy@ChrisJagged @Garwboy
Gilgamesh
Homer
A true History (2000 yo SF)
Rider Haggard
Jane Austin
Dickens
All those depressed Russian guys,
Diana Wynne Jones
Terry Pratchett.
Never heard of Stephen Marche. Is he trying to trick the competition into producing junk?
Has he read many books in diverse genres?
Kerry Mitchell 🍁@raymaccarthy @ChrisJagged @Garwboy Marche used to be an English professor teaching Shakespeare. He’s written books without using AI, and contributes articles to Esquire, The New Yorker and The Atlantic. I don’t see why people consider this Guardian article pro-AI, as he’s saying AI produces mediocre writing.
@KerryMitchell @ChrisJagged @Garwboy
It's too pro-AI, partly by the assumption that LLM/Generative AI is here to stay. There are other useful technologies that are labelled AI, that are "here to stay". There is no evidence that we have to get used to LLM. The evidence is actually that it's doomed for the trash can for economic reasons. Many more useful technologies are gone.
It's too pro-AI, partly by the assumption that LLM/Generative AI is here to stay. There are other useful technologies that are labelled AI, that are "here to stay". There is no evidence that we have to get used to LLM. The evidence is actually that it's doomed for the trash can for economic reasons. Many more useful technologies are gone.
@raymaccarthy @ChrisJagged @Garwboy LLMs may not be here to stay (who knows), but they are here. One-third of senior content marketing job listings now mention AI. AI is used a lot in business writing now - technical writing, proposal writing, HR communications, reporting and so on. Requiring writing skills at a liberal arts level (English and Journalism grads) has dropped out of many job requirements as well.
