Ugh

this is just the pedestal for the trash fire of my brain

[datasoong47]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I’m blindsided by authors using ai in their works. how can readers and writers tell if the writing is ai generated?

I’m gonna assume writers know whether or not their own works are ai because they either write them themselves or have ai write for them.

but as for readers (or writers who read other writers’ works), no, you can’t tell unless the writer themself says their works are ai generated. anything else is witch hunt, speculations and possibly wrongful accusations — all of which harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more.

so if at any point you think an untagged work is ai and if that bothers you, quietly click away. but you can never know for sure based on vibes. because everything ai writes, a human writer does. that’s what ai was trained on and what it was trained to mimic.

I’ve already talked more about this here, here, here. and more on my other blog @writingdose here and here.

[littlepagodatree]

You can notice certain telltale signs in some of the writing, such as short sentence stacking and usage of "not x not y but z" structures. But you have to be familiar with AI writing styles to be able to notice that.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I’ve been writing “not x, not y, but z” way before gen ai became a thing. I’ve read works that have “not x, not y, but z” in them, and I’ve read those works way before gen ai became a thing. I’ve also been using em dash way before gen ai became a thing, and I’ve seen em dash used in so many written works way before gen ai became a thing. I know for a fact some human writers actually prefer short sentence stacking too.

every “ai telltale” is something humans write before, otherwise ai wouldn’t have been able to mimic it in the first place. because it needs human-made works to mimic on.

when I say ai witch hunt, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more, “not x, not y, but z” and em dash are one of the main things I’m talking about.

[seananmcguire]

As I saw someone say recently, when you start declaring "obvious tells," from punctuation to sentence styles, to be proof of AI, what you're actually spotting is trace amounts of the original source material.

[desmolbean404]

QUIZ TIME!! Take this quiz, then come back and answer the poll!

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[lollytea]

My cow had a baby IF YOU CARE!!!!

[lollytea]

Lets glare at the intruder with Mama

[nerdicornthetrekkie]

[gamechangershow]

Sorry but it's not complete without...

[whoisalien]

rest in peace, sam neill

[autumngracy]

Saw this twitter post and instantly started looking for pictures of Stratt to use it with

[masterqifrey]

kotonoha no niwa 「言の葉の庭」 (2013) dir. makoto shinkai

[a-very-cute-snake]

[not-lupus]

he's quoting hamilton pre-hamilton

[baadshahh]

devestating news for you

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Best Animorphs book title?

#4: The Message (tells you exactly what you're getting into. no lie.)

#8: The Alien (works on several different levels)

#16: The Warning (takes on more meaning in hindsight)

#18: The Decision (cleverly foreshadows the plot, without spoilers)

#22: The Solution (scariest title in the series, and earned)

Elfangor's Secret (excellent indirect description of its plot, very intriguing)

#38: The Arrival (what it says: the andalites arrived! war's over! ...right?)

#52: The Sacrifice (is there ever. but not the sacrifice we expect.)

#53: The Answer (almost as chilling as The Solution, for much the same reason)

#54: The Beginning (book fulfills its paradoxical promise)

You forgot about:_______________

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Remaining time: 2 days 17 hours

[internetgreatesthits]

[mono-red-menace]

[unknown-but-existing]

i feel like this is more funny

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience

say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!

[thotsfortherapy]

it’s not “am I good enough to do it?”, it’s “do I like it enough to be bad at it?”

[gros-chat-fait]

Happy 30th birthday Animorphs! If you were a person I would buy you a beer. This was my first literary love and I suspect will be my last. A bunch of very cool and talented artists and writers got together to make a massive zine in celebration and everyone should go check it out (and maybe pick up the books if you're interested in a sprawling tale of body horrors, war casualties, moral dilemmas, hard choices, and loss of innocence - they're available online!). And please show the artists and writers some love! Thank you @pyrochord for undertaking this huge effort to organize and support :)

My contributions are the cover art (top) and this paired piece of many major secondary cast (bottom)

From left to right, top to bottom: Prince Elfangor, Loren, Dak & Aldrea Hamee, anonymous Taxxon & Hork-Bajirs (or are they?), Visser One, Toby Hamee, Eva, Visser Three, the Drode, anonymous Yeerk (or are they?), Erek King, Aftran (whale form), Taylor, David, Aux Animorphs (Erica, Timmy, James, Craig, Collette), Illim & Mr. Tidwell, Tom Berenson, Hedrick Chapman, Karen & butterfly (or is it?). And in the background: the Ellimist and Crayak.

[imperfectskeleton]

And [no,] we can't keep living like this

[frightfullytreeish]

reblog to slowblink at your mutuals