An interesting dive into the world of AI-assisted fiction writing. There's a whole lot in this article which feels kind of dystopian to me: the level of churn required for an Amazon-based author...
An interesting dive into the world of AI-assisted fiction writing. There's a whole lot in this article which feels kind of dystopian to me: the level of churn required for an Amazon-based author to retain readers and income; the fact that so much of that same author's income goes back to Amazon to pay for self-promotion; that when used carefully, people cannot tell what is written by AI and what is written by a human; and that of all the careers to be slowly subsumed by AI, it's the creative professions which appear to be most at risk right now.
It starts to make you wonder, do I even have any talent if a computer can just mimic me?
I thought it was an interesting read and not particularly dystopian, especially the method that the subject of the article ended up on - she still scaffolding most of the story, but let the AI...
I thought it was an interesting read and not particularly dystopian, especially the method that the subject of the article ended up on - she still scaffolding most of the story, but let the AI fill in details, fluff, and other non-essential plot text. First, it reminds me of tarot cards - which are basically just random number generators, when it boil it down, where each random number has some vague suggestions about what they mean. This is a bit more advance, but it seems excellent as a seed for the plot to germinate on.
I'm sure everyone who's tried writing a story has had the feeling that they have the main bullet points of the story down, but getting from point A to point B can require an excruciating amount of creative work while being fairly un-rewarding. That would also be, I imagine, the source of her burn out.
It seems an excellent tool in that respect.
In the end, yes, being a no-name, high volume author is a pretty miserable experience, but that is the case GPT-3 or not.
An interesting dive into the world of AI-assisted fiction writing. There's a whole lot in this article which feels kind of dystopian to me: the level of churn required for an Amazon-based author to retain readers and income; the fact that so much of that same author's income goes back to Amazon to pay for self-promotion; that when used carefully, people cannot tell what is written by AI and what is written by a human; and that of all the careers to be slowly subsumed by AI, it's the creative professions which appear to be most at risk right now.
I thought it was an interesting read and not particularly dystopian, especially the method that the subject of the article ended up on - she still scaffolding most of the story, but let the AI fill in details, fluff, and other non-essential plot text. First, it reminds me of tarot cards - which are basically just random number generators, when it boil it down, where each random number has some vague suggestions about what they mean. This is a bit more advance, but it seems excellent as a seed for the plot to germinate on.
I'm sure everyone who's tried writing a story has had the feeling that they have the main bullet points of the story down, but getting from point A to point B can require an excruciating amount of creative work while being fairly un-rewarding. That would also be, I imagine, the source of her burn out.
It seems an excellent tool in that respect.
In the end, yes, being a no-name, high volume author is a pretty miserable experience, but that is the case GPT-3 or not.