This month's IWSG question is What do you think of Artificial intelligence (AI) being used to write things (like books).
I think AI can be helpful for giving ideas. For example, when I built my new website, there were options for AI to create some of the verbiage in the text boxes. I let the AI do its thing and decided I didn't really like it. But it gave me some ideas for what I could write. In that respect, I think it's helpful.
But to let AI write a whole story, I'd say no way! Writing is a process of human creativity. A big reason I write is to create. It's a source of enjoyment. So why would I want to give that up to an AI?
What are your thoughts on this?
This past weekend I went to a rock orchestra concert and saw violinist, Mark Woods perform. Ever heard of him? The 65-year-old dude has a serious amount of energy! (An aside...this week I've been practicing with and will perform with a high-school rock orchestra. I look like a high-school kid, right? 😂😂 It's been so much fun!)
(I wanted to upload the video, but it's too big. So here are some photos.)
Rock orchestra - like Trans Siberian Orchestra!
ReplyDeleteWriting a whole book? No way.
Mark was the lead violinist for the Trans Siberian Orchestra!
DeleteI agree with you on how AI can be a tool but can't write a story.
ReplyDeleteI hope AI is never used to write a whole book!
DeleteStudents are using AI to write school papers. It's a short jump to using the technology to run a blog.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't seem right. Students won't be able to write. Not good!
DeleteAnother creative endeavor that AI shouldn’t take over. I l love to hear a great violinist. Blogger isn’t letting me use my ID today, so I’m just commenting anonymously and signing my comments. So frustrating. C. Lee McKenzie
ReplyDeleteI had a spell of insanity with Blogger and couldn't use my ID. Very frustrating! It lasted several months.
DeleteSounds like a new experience. Enjoy. As for AI, I think everyone has been pretty much against it for creative work. That's good, I think.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteAI might work for those people who say "I've got this great idea. You should write it for me."
ReplyDeleteThe rock orchestra concert sounds fun. Energetic violinists sounds even more fun!
I can see AI helping in some things, but never doing a whole project.
DeleteI agree with you on AI, but I'm afraid the Pandora's box has already opened. I'm glad I'm not teaching right now! Jeff. https://fromarockyhillside.com
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be interesting to see where things go 20 years from now!
DeleteThis is all news to me, I can see your point of view though. Hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
Great to see you back! I am doing very well. Thanks. Hope you are, too.
DeleteI boo and spit and hiss on AI! We need to throw that sucker down before it overtakes us!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you!
DeleteI agree, AI is a tool and needs to be used to improve or to help us get started, it does not currently produce the best results on its own and will still require skilled users to adapt and adjust.
ReplyDeleteThere's no substitute for the human mind and creativity.
DeleteAI is a machine and it will give you what you input. So for writing, yes, it will give you a blurb or a synopsis but then you will have to work at it. It will not replace humans and their creativity. And people should use it ethically.
ReplyDeleteWell-said.
DeleteDo you know I have never thought about AI in connection with writing but, no, it just doesn't seem at all right.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to listen to an author panel discuss AI at the last author event I attended.
DeleteAI makes me worried. I hope it will be used as a tool to help- but I am also concerned about it taking over creative jobs.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures. Looks like fun! :)
Great blog
ReplyDeletePlease read my post
ReplyDeleteAI is scary to think of at this moment. But probably in a few years we would be so used to it.
ReplyDeleteI hope we're not too used to it, and continue to use our own brains to create and write.
DeleteYou're right, maybe a nice time-saving tool for those niggly taks we might not enjoy, but writing a book is too enjoyable to leave to a machine!
ReplyDeleteFor sure!
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