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In reply to the discussion: At least one publisher asked a famous author to allow trained AI to write their future books. [View all]MineralMan
(149,857 posts)31. Yup. The fight is on, apparently.
How will it turn out? I don't know. I suspect that the current state of AI is overhyped.
So, let's see what happens. Let's have the first AI-scripted, AI-performed animated movie. How will it do? I suspect it will do poorly.
Let's see the first AI-written James Patterson novel. Right now, humans are writing them. Those seem to be doing OK, marketwise. How will the first AI-written one do. I suspect it will do poorly.
Will AI-generated contend and artistic production improve? No doubt. Will it replace actual writers, actors, composers, and so on? I doubt it. What it will do is replace low-quality crap output by poorly-paid offshore hacks.
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At least one publisher asked a famous author to allow trained AI to write their future books. [View all]
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
OP
I agree on labelling. Using AI for, say, programming is greatly different from authoring
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#17
We'll see. But as I said in the email.I sent you, the data set of a very famous
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#8
Nevertheless, that's not what's discussed by others in the industry in that Twitter thread.
Emrys
Jul 2023
#9
I stand by what I said. Having an AI trained on the data set of a famous author
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#10
I've edited the OP to include a later tweet with a TikTok video with more details
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#12
It would be to promote it as trained on the author, sold as if "almost the real thing"
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#14
Wrong. Not the sole purpose. Finding new medicines does NOT eliminate workers
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#16
It either is the author or the AI. I will will not buy fiction written by AI
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#13
Non-fiction isn't simply a collection of facts. There's judgment involved. And perspective.
highplainsdem
Jul 2023
#18
Yes. AI can be useful to assist non-fiction writers by fact-checking and completing datasets
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#27
Thank you for a thoughtful post with insight from experience. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#24
AI-written fiction reminds me of the New Coke debacle. But even less desirable
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#15
It is inevitable so it must be required to be labelled. But emulating an author with their name
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2023
#29