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Okay. It’s true. I don’t know enough about AI to use it for my writing. ChatGPT or any of the other programs. Besides, I prefer my own version called “VI,” “Victoria’s Intelligence.” –Not saying it’s perfect either! I have flaws in my reasoning. Yet I don’t use AI for creating stories or posts or essays. Titles or book jacket description.
I may do some research online to learn how to cross-country ski or learn about a national park’s history or the ecosystems of their forests or current trails available. But I turn to YouTube or blog posts or park rangers for detailed information. In other words, people.
Yes. I use spellcheck in Microsoft Office. No. I don’t always agree with grammar check. In fact, my children would laugh at me, arguing with the computer on a finer point of grammar or punctuation or word choice.
But that’s just it. WE, as humans, make decisions daily based on our lived experience and our knowledge base. And we should nourish this knowledge base every day. Learn something new.
Yes, computers are faster at retrieving information from data banks, if you use the right key words. But we humans are the ones who created [and discovered] that information in the first place. Yes! We are smarter. We need to digest the information found by computers and use it wisely.
A lot of our intelligent decisions come from emotion. We consider others. We consider the circumstances in situations to make the best decision. Humans are emotional creatures. So should our protagonists be. Our passion should show through in our essays, our stories, and our blog posts.
Yes, there are still “flaws” in AI. But we all have “flaws” in our intelligence or reasoning. It will be interesting to see how this “AI debate” will pan out with everyone worried about their intellectual property being assimilated in AI’s “brain.”
What do you think about AI? Do you use it to create stories or essays? Book jacket copy? Does it help with your tasks as a writer? Or do you need to give it so many parameters that you might as well write the jacket copy or story yourself?
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Well said!
I don’t use AI for anything. Unless it’s Alex’s Intelligence.
Bravo, Alex. I like “Alex’s Intelligence” best. Thanks for all you do to assist fellow writers. All best to you, sir!
I have used AI to write articles for work but have found it takes too much time to edit them so I’ve gone back to writing them. I believe there are tasks that Al can help us with, like book jacket copy, outlines, etc.
Editing “AI written” articles must be tedious. What do you keep? How do you source it? The questions are endless.
I’m sure it’s fine to start with AI. But then fine tune it so it sounds like YOU. I still worry about sourcing material, though.
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I’m about there too–can’t decide. There’s good and bad!
Yes there is, Jacqui. And that’s the scary part. What do we decide? How do we attribute any source material to other writers that AI “discovers”?
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AI has some remarkable potential. I’ve been reading about its application in the field of medicine and that sounds very promising for all of us. Use well, I think it will be a great tool. Used for bad purposes…well we all know how that will go.
Solid information here, Lee. Thank you so much for sharing this with Adventures in Writing readers. Have a beautiful day!
Victoria’s Intelligence – I love that!
I would never want to use AI to actually write the words for me, but I’m not opposed to using it to help research or brainstorm.
Hello and welcome to Adventures in Writing, Sarah! I’m so glad you stopped by.
And yes. I agree with you. Research and brainstorming are fine. It’s that darn attribution that can be tricky.
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I think AI might offer some shortcuts in some areas, like research, but using it to help write stories is a no-no. Like you say, it won’t ring with the true emotion only a human creator can bring.
Thank you for this, Nick. I appreciate you sharing your insight with the Adventures in Writing readers. Have a beautiful weekend!
Totally agree! I like the idea of calling it KI–Kim’s Intelligence.
Thank you, Kim. And I LOVE the “KI” Kim’s Intelligence. We need to sharpen our own intelligence to be its best.
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Thank you for your thoughtful response to that issue of AI. Yes, I have played around with ChatGPT enough to learn what it can do . . . today, but not as a writing tool as some others have done. I don’t worry so much about how AI will affect me or my writing (nice touch to call it VI 🙂 ) but I do worry about my grandchildren. How will their world be changed by fast-evolving AI?
So true, Beth. We need to think about how AI will affect the next generation and the generation after that.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this subject here at Adventures in Writing. Have a beautiful week!