TinJarSuch a weird article from a so-called #writer #author - maybe using #LLM #AI #GenAI has already fried his brain!
#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #writerscoffeeclub #scribesandmakers #wordweavers #authors
mandrake@TinJar
His main weakness seems to be to express himself clearly. I think what he is trying to say is that writers should let AI do the boring bits of writing - just like programmers. Though I feel he is falling into the techbro worldview here, in which writing emails to direct your minions is the same as writing code so a machine can execute a command. I think that view is fundamentally wrong (both factually and morally).
He does acknowledge the need for humans to learn without a machine to achieve mastery, while claiming that 100% of college students use it - and then never bother to discuss the Interesting question: if his claim is true, what does this imply for the future of writing?
His use of AI in his own mind, is justified because he is a good enough writer to use the machine, rather than be used by it. (Whatever exactly that means.) This machine - which he himself claims to produce only average work - somehow enhances his work.
AI producing slop is ok, because people have created bad art throughout history - which he proclaims to be the same as AI slop. So claiming that the origin and intent of the output does not matter. Which I disagree with, and to me is on a similar level of art criticism as "my three year old could have painted that".
You are right, that this article is all over the place and also not terribly insightful.