• Flying Squid
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    102 months ago

    I’m sorry, I’m sure that article is very interesting, but I couldn’t get past the kerning after a while. It just was too distracting.

    • @thenextguy
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      62 months ago

      Firefox reader mode to the rescue.

      • Flying Squid
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        52 months ago

        Thank you! I have never used it before!

      • @toynbee
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        42 months ago

        To my shame, many of my friends are Chrome users.

        If my efforts to correct them continue to be unsuccessful, they may never know the joy of reader mode. It’s truly sad.

  • @adam_y
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    72 months ago

    There’s an interesting thing there about the legitimacy of the artist.

    Most artists and creative I know are rather comfortable with people disagreeing with them and the value of what they make because they understand the value of it to themselves.

    I’m an artist and that happens because I make art, not because someone bestows the title on me.

    I think the AI crowd is touchy because they dont get that. What joy is there when it is made for you? A prompt is not craft.

    I think the main condition here is that he wants to be seen as a writer when he doesn’t write. He could legitimately call himself a storyteller, or someone who crafts narratives, but that isn’t legitimate for him. Instead he needs the validation of a title he doesn’t deserve.

    I also wonder how he deals with criticism of the product. If someone reviewing his books calls the language clumsy, does he see that as his failure as a writer or the failure of the AI. The fact he will have to confront that is fascinating.

    It isn’t my painting that sucks, it is the image I copied it from.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      He’s not a writer, he’s an editor. And there’s nothing wrong with that, crafting ai output into a coherent and competent output is a task, I’m sure. However, I think calling the role a writer is a step too far.

      • @adam_y
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        22 months ago

        Absolutely agree. Or at least, if he wants to call himself that he can’t be upset if people disagree.

    • @shalafi
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      22 months ago

      Recently started writing fiction and you gave me an idea, not sure how, but you prompted me.

      I was thinking on how disgusted I would be with myself trying to “write” fiction with AI. But then I thought, what if I used it to spur ideas, not for compiling the text?

      For example, I have a good start on a story, no idea where it’s going, but had to get the first bit down. Figured the next part would jump on me at some point. Creativity is often like that. A young woman has done our narrator wrong, horribly so. What did she do? I’m sure it has something to do with sex, but I’m stumped. AI might kick my imagination in gear. Hmmm…