It's a total devastation and Big Business is shoving it down our throats. Many repetitive tasks can be automated and humanity will benefit; automating creation is a recipe for mental degeneration. There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back titled "Does AI make me stupid?" - the answer was "yes" and it happened really fast too. The old principle of "use it or loose it" applies to the brain too. I'm sticking to my 10-year old version of Word because I don't want their "co-pilot" (AI assistant) that pops in each time you type something, and that you CANNOT get rid of! Good enough reason to with to Pages on the Mac...
It's easy to see so many threadbare, soulless attempts to monetize writing and book publishing using AI and they should absolutely be called out. The true value of art is in the human connection not just between writer and reader but between the author and the team that helps to develop and produce the book - the editors, designers, publishers, publicists, booksellers. That unbroken human chain that turns something that used to just live inside your head into a story, novel, poem, whatever. Anybody who thinks that AI can replace that human chain is fooling themselves.
100% support your position on AI. It's such an immense threat that it's paralyzing, though I'm cheered by the analysts who predict it will auto-cannibalize and become absurdly non-functional. Meanwhile we cling to our human compatriots ...
It's a total devastation and Big Business is shoving it down our throats. Many repetitive tasks can be automated and humanity will benefit; automating creation is a recipe for mental degeneration. There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back titled "Does AI make me stupid?" - the answer was "yes" and it happened really fast too. The old principle of "use it or loose it" applies to the brain too. I'm sticking to my 10-year old version of Word because I don't want their "co-pilot" (AI assistant) that pops in each time you type something, and that you CANNOT get rid of! Good enough reason to with to Pages on the Mac...
100% agree!
It's easy to see so many threadbare, soulless attempts to monetize writing and book publishing using AI and they should absolutely be called out. The true value of art is in the human connection not just between writer and reader but between the author and the team that helps to develop and produce the book - the editors, designers, publishers, publicists, booksellers. That unbroken human chain that turns something that used to just live inside your head into a story, novel, poem, whatever. Anybody who thinks that AI can replace that human chain is fooling themselves.
Absolutely true
100% support your position on AI. It's such an immense threat that it's paralyzing, though I'm cheered by the analysts who predict it will auto-cannibalize and become absurdly non-functional. Meanwhile we cling to our human compatriots ...