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#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 3 Nbr 27 — How do you feel about the use of AI in writing?

Because there is nuance here, I will point out that unless you write longhand, or use a typewriter (what's that?), you use AI in your writing. Spell checkers, grammar checkers, auto-complete, search engines, lots of things use AI.

Importantly, I don't and won't use AI for /composition/. Why deserves some explanation:

It's me writing, so in essence I am not saying anything. For me, that's what being an author is all about.

AI generated text cannot be copyrighted and therefore cannot be sold. I submitted a short story a couple weeks ago and I had to avow I hadn't used any AI.

AI is statistical pattern matching without /any understanding of underlying meaning./ It is indeed not intelligence of any kind, even artificial. Just an advanced algorithm.#AI is a slick but effective marketing term, like "Natural." As such, everything generated has to be checked for (a) accuracy, (b) unintended meaning, and (c) inadvertent plagiarism.

When would I use AI? Beyond what I pointed out in the first paragraph, I'd use AI analysis tools that could check consistency, for example eye color or writing style over the length of a novel, or series of novels. I'd welcome something that could act as a model reader, pointing out how characters changed, inconsistent plot points, inadvertent red herrings, use of strong language compared to weak language, etc. Something that could profile characters and settings in a story would be very useful. If they existed. Such things would make revision easier and more efficient.

Whilst I'd never use AI generated art, for reasons stated above and for personal ethical reasons, I would use it to get visualizations of ideas, places, or characters—which I'd never publish.

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