This reminds me a bit of the most recent season of Westworld, with AI helping do everything (plus the sinister under/overtones). It sounds really nice. I also had a bit of a gut reaction, I think, to wondering if this world is better or not without more human work and involvement. Like is making things easier really better? Or are we just more detached from what we do? Soooo many questions.
All that said, my boss passed over a ChatGPT blog to me to see if it could be anything. It had like the most generic of foundations. But even that helped me turn the thing around faster. It made me do a double-take, as I've been so hard core against ChatGPT - even playing around with it. It feels like playing with fire, or a gun, or even an alien artifact without considering the domino effects.
But then that dumb article went by 10x as fast soooooo
And also, most importantly Patrick Rothfuss would need an AI to finish his next book. (I cackled when I read that).
Interesting comments. Having been around since very early computer technology my comment is I have seen this same cycle of enthusiasm/ horrified criticism many times as the next new tech hits the hype cycle. I believe this is the 4th time through for AI.
Would prompting a program satisfy you as a writer? For me the outlining / plotting and other stuff is the easy and boring part. It's the actual wordcraft and discovery as I'm building out character, mood, scenery, ideas, and each piece's individual style that is why I enjoy writing. The rest of it is the work part of artwork that drags me down. The day-in-a-life you describe are all the boring bits!
And yes, all of this either exists today or is just out of sight over the hill.
The only reason I still manually open and close my curtains and turn lights on and off is because I can't be bothered linking everything up, and it seems silly for a small home.
I'll have to look up the music app you mentioned, see if it's available here.
This whole day sounds like hell to me. No surprise, no unexpected discoveries, no challenges. The ultimate state of comfort is death.
It also raised a few questions: in such a world, there's no need to learn to write so on what writing habits/style will AIs be based on ? How are original creators renewed ? (In other words: are we stuck with Hans Zimmer, Keanu Reeves until the end of time ?). On what criteria will things the Slack sum up be based on ?
Optimism is great but I see very few people questioning the existence, purposes, ethics of AI. This is very dangerous.
I'm not sure if you are joking or not with this column. It describes the perfect life of a mediocre person. All choices delegated to a machine. Your menu collated along with your taste. If you go outside you need a soundtrack. You've convinced yourself that an AI novel is your own creative work. This is not progress. This is a complete nightmare foretelling the end of human ingenuity.
I laughed hard at the part of finally getting the end of Name of the Wind.
This reminds me a bit of the most recent season of Westworld, with AI helping do everything (plus the sinister under/overtones). It sounds really nice. I also had a bit of a gut reaction, I think, to wondering if this world is better or not without more human work and involvement. Like is making things easier really better? Or are we just more detached from what we do? Soooo many questions.
All that said, my boss passed over a ChatGPT blog to me to see if it could be anything. It had like the most generic of foundations. But even that helped me turn the thing around faster. It made me do a double-take, as I've been so hard core against ChatGPT - even playing around with it. It feels like playing with fire, or a gun, or even an alien artifact without considering the domino effects.
But then that dumb article went by 10x as fast soooooo
And also, most importantly Patrick Rothfuss would need an AI to finish his next book. (I cackled when I read that).
Interesting comments. Having been around since very early computer technology my comment is I have seen this same cycle of enthusiasm/ horrified criticism many times as the next new tech hits the hype cycle. I believe this is the 4th time through for AI.
Would prompting a program satisfy you as a writer? For me the outlining / plotting and other stuff is the easy and boring part. It's the actual wordcraft and discovery as I'm building out character, mood, scenery, ideas, and each piece's individual style that is why I enjoy writing. The rest of it is the work part of artwork that drags me down. The day-in-a-life you describe are all the boring bits!
And there's nothing wrong with having Keanu in everything. 🤣 🌟
This is a great piece of writing.
And yes, all of this either exists today or is just out of sight over the hill.
The only reason I still manually open and close my curtains and turn lights on and off is because I can't be bothered linking everything up, and it seems silly for a small home.
I'll have to look up the music app you mentioned, see if it's available here.
This whole day sounds like hell to me. No surprise, no unexpected discoveries, no challenges. The ultimate state of comfort is death.
It also raised a few questions: in such a world, there's no need to learn to write so on what writing habits/style will AIs be based on ? How are original creators renewed ? (In other words: are we stuck with Hans Zimmer, Keanu Reeves until the end of time ?). On what criteria will things the Slack sum up be based on ?
Optimism is great but I see very few people questioning the existence, purposes, ethics of AI. This is very dangerous.
I'm not sure if you are joking or not with this column. It describes the perfect life of a mediocre person. All choices delegated to a machine. Your menu collated along with your taste. If you go outside you need a soundtrack. You've convinced yourself that an AI novel is your own creative work. This is not progress. This is a complete nightmare foretelling the end of human ingenuity.
AI may be just the thing Patrick Rothfuss needs to finish his series.
I’m amazed at how much great info you put into this utopian post. So much to look into.
Wow, that’s a much more positive version of what we’re (probably) going to see. 🫠
Appreciate the optimism!