As a writer, I have never used chatgtp for writing. When it came out, I literally didnât know what it was, so I messed around with it and asked it tons of questions like most people did. And I would ask it to give me names for stupid things like characters, songs (that I never wrote), or movies that donât exist. But never to write my stories. I was never tempted, it never came to my mind. It was just a thing to mess around with, a toy. Then, after a few days of having fun, I threw it away and never touched it again. Like I was a toddler that had just been given a toy, and after playing with it for a few days, slobbering on it and chewing on it with my barely-there teeth, I toss it aside for the arguably-more-fun cardboard box.
Then, I started hearing about writers feeling on chatgtp and itâs implications. I felt simultaneously ďżźďżźguilty I even touched it and proud I never used it to write. I will never understand the obsession people have with wanting generative Ai to write for you. Using it to generate your entire books and stories. It baffles me.
Now, hereâs where my opinion differs. This is gonna be very unpopular and a lot of people will probably hate me for saying this. I think Ai, should be fine to be used, in some cases.
For instance, Ai grammar checkers like Grammarly, which I use, should be ok and not be shamed, but they are.
Or, if thereâs a name you need for your world, or something like that. I think Ai is fine to use for that. Itâs the same as using a name generator imo. Just say generate me a name for my fantasy world. Or a name for a place, or a creature. Just something you canât think of yourself.
Sometimes, in writing, there are things that people despise, like naming people, or backstories, or making up creatures, that end up preventing people from moving on in their projects. I feel like if you can just type âgive me a name for my cyber punk, side character girl.â And after two seconds you can move on, why not?
Or, another scenario: two archeologists being chased in a jungle. What are they being chased by? I donât know, let me sit here for twenty minutes thinking and googling about it, losing momentum and deciding to quit writing for the day and come back tomorrow. I now have writers block for two weeks. Or, âgive me a possibly supernatural creature to chase my two archeologists in the Mayan jungle for my story.â And continue writing for the rest of the day.
I donât understand why Ai helping in any way is bad. I do understand some of the horrible things that the Ai companies are doing. I know some of the bad data mining things they do, and the bad stuff Ai perpetuates. However, the shortcuts that I gave, are useful. And if we can find an Ai that isnât as bad as the others, then we should share that Ai as the one to use for those reasons.
Now, the internet wonât actually read this part they will only hate me and just spew hatred, I donât actually use Ai. I am a bit of a hypocrite here, because I am not using the examples given. Except for Grammarly, I use that. I have used Ai to give me character names a couple of times but that was a long time ago. I was just giving my opinion that using the Ai in those ways should be acceptable.
Having it write for you is too much. Let the Ai work with you, not instead of you.
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