Welcome
readers, writers, authors, and bloggers!
We're
glad you're here! It's the First Wednesday of the month, when we
celebrate IWSG Day in the form of a blog hop
featuring members and guests of the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Founded by author Alex
Cavanaugh (Thank
you, Captain!) and fostered by like-minded associates, IWSG is a comfortable
place to share views and literary news as we record our journeys. Check out the
March newsletter here.
The awesome co-hosts for the March 6 posting of the IWSG are Kristina Kelly, Miffie Seideman, Jean Davis, and Liza @ Middle
Passages!
Every month, we announce a question that members can answer
in their IWSG posts. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a
personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG
post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to
say.
Remember, the question is optional!
Have you
"played" with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to
go that route? How do you feel about AI's impact on creative writing?
No, I haven’t played with AI. I’m too busy hiding from it. I
don’t trust any application that may well have been programmed by someone in a
very bad mood the day the program was “born.” I wonder if users of a program
(comprised of the thoughts of the programmer), which might here on out be considered
“all anyone needs to know about creativity,” could truly produce anything original?
Can you sue a machine for plagiarism? I like keeping things
real.
As far as getting an AI-composed synopsis, I’m skeptical. But
it might be worth a try. When it comes to something as personal as creativity, there
should be no contest between humans and machines.
I believe everything has a place in this world, but you won’t
find weeds in a vase on my table. And I won’t be accepting AI as exceptional in
terms of creativity.
According to my writing app (yes, I do use some
applications), I’m off to a good start this year. I can almost hear clapping in
the background ;-)
Happy Writing!
“There’s a page that aches for a word which speaks of a theme that
is timeless,”
BE ~ Neil Diamond
I'm glad you're off to a good start with your writing. I see Al as a tool and would use it to help me get going on a synopsis. I use it at work all the time.
ReplyDeleteHi Natalie!
DeleteI can see areas where AI could assist - as long as that's all it did. But how can we sure it's not doing something nefarious in the background?
I'm glad you're able to use it as the tool it was (hopefully) intended to be ;-)
To a degree, AI already plagiarizes, but the laws haven't caught up to the technology yet.
ReplyDeleteHi Alex!
DeleteI hope the laws hurry up and get with - or onto - these programs before they get too big.
I love this statement: When it comes to something as personal as creativity, there should be no contest between humans and machines.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping the laws and regulations will catch up to AI soon to define what can and can't be done with writiing using it. And the literary agents- I'm hoping their submission statements will include very well defined restrictions to AI works. Thanks for the post and good luck with your writing.
Hi Miffie!
DeleteOh, I so agree! Submission statements are a very good place to start in terms of ensuring creative quality - as well as integrity, and the preservation of human literary agents ;-)
I haven't been impressed with what AI comes up with. It's better to use your own brain for writing blurbs.
ReplyDeleteHi Sherry!
DeleteI haven't tried it, but I'm with you. I can't fathom a world without the magic of genuine human imagination.
I agree with most of this! New technology can be hard to adapt to, but who wants to adopt something that seems to be designed to take the creativity from us? I actually studied some (very basic) programming languages designed for use in AI/Machine learning back in college...because I wanted to help NASA send more rovers to Mars and stuff. Not to write me poetry.
ReplyDeleteNASA? Kristina, I'm impressed.
DeleteHaha! Real Writers Unite!
You made me laugh! That was an excellent line, "too busy hiding from it." Sounds like a title to me. :-)
ReplyDeleteHa! I like how that sounds ;-)
DeleteSince this exchange, I've been to a lecture at Stanford by Ge Wang. If you haven't checked his approach to AI you might take a look. I'm going to try and post about him soon.
DeleteCount me in!
DeleteI'm with you Diedre! I'm sure AI has found me ~ lol. I'm an open book. Clap clap! Have a happy and creative March!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a delightful book you are, Fundy Blue. Happy and creative March to you as well!
DeleteI remember when computers were brought into the workplace and how my office freaked out. It began the singularity we live with today.
ReplyDeleteI do wonder where we will land after the dust settles. :-)
Anna from elements of emaginette
So do I, Anna ;-) I couldn't wait to learn all there was to know. Now I'm half afraid to find out, so I'll leave it to the dust bunnies to sort it out.
DeleteYou bring up an excellent point regarding singularity.
I hadn't thought of it that way (bad mood programmers), but that's an interesting thought for sure. It seems like we have so many technical things around us that could be made to go haywire if someone able to control them gets crabby.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the writing progress!
Hi Shannon!
DeleteI was much more comfortable when all we had to do was write these kind of nightmares ;-)
Thanks. May March be as productive a month as you could ever wish for.