It's warm, rainy, and March. Welcome to another blog hop of IWSG. Please check out the entire list of participants here. Thank you to our founder, Alex J. Cavanaugh and to all the admins who provide a safe place for writers of all genres and all levels of experience.
This month's optional question:
Have you "played" with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to go that route? How do you feel about AI's impact on creative writing?
Excellent topic. I can't wait to read everyone's opinion and experiences. I have not used AI for any of my writing stuff. I think it's a slippery slope. I know some writers who are touting it, and I think they are sliding down that slope. AI can already duplicate your physical voice and with training, can duplicate writing styles. Some AI companies have already been sued for using writers' work to train their AI. We all like to think that nothing can replace human creativity, but I think that belief underestimates AI's possibilities. I fear AI's impact on the writing world.
And let's not get started on SKYNET. LOL
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My own writing is going pretty good. New stuff is getting done, though slower than I'd wish. Old stuff is getting editing and new covers. I'm almost done with that for the immediate future. I'll have my two completed fantasy series available on Amazon very soon. Book #3 in The Futhark Chronicles, Beneath the Mountain, is now available on Amazon.
I'm feeling good about exercising. With the warmer weather, I'm off the elliptical and back on the road with my old-lady jog.
I'm really disappointed in Netflix. They canceled two shows I enjoyed, Shadow and Bone and The Brothers Sun. At least a few network shows I follow are back on, but I'm not really exited about any of them except Will Trent.
I'm busy organizing the registration for the 37th Annual Pennwriters Conference being held in Lancaster this year. I'm so excited to meet in person, L. Diane Wolfe, who will be attending, leading workshops and taking pitches from attendees. She's making a long drive and we appreciated it.
Do you think you're read anything written by AI? Do you attend in-person writing conferences or workshops? Any shows you love get cancelled lately?
17 comments:
It's a bummer when you get invested in a show and it ends. Best wishes for the conference this year. It's great you are meeting Diane!
That's great that you're going to meet Diane at a conference and that your writing is going well. I do use Al as a tool to help me write articles for my job. But even there it doesn't replace my own writing and editing of what it produces.
Excellent on the writing and the exercising! You made me laugh with the "old lady jog" part because that would so be me. If I jogged. :)
We stopped watching one of the network shows we previously enjoyed. It wasn't bad, but it just lacked the charm it once it had. Felt kind of flat.
I haven't used AI for anything either.
So excited for the conference and meeting you, too!
The issue is we could be reading AI stuff all the time and not know it, that's what's scary. You're right that we can't underestimate how far it could go.
Read any? I don't know. I vet my book purchases pretty well.
Congrats on the new release. Hug Diane for me when you see her.
I LOVE conventions and conferences, too. It's so rejuvenating to spend time in person with my writing community and readers! Best of luck with Pennwriters! @samanthabwriter from
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Oh the conference sounds fun!
Editing and recovering can breathe new life into stuff.
PS: My blog feed has changed.
I'm glad your own writing is going well! Best of luck with the editing and new covers!
I really love Will Trent, too. My other network show is Ghosts.
I don't think it's a slippery slope as much as a pit of acid. AI has already stolen peoples' work. And it's not about whether it CAN replace humans, but whether it SHOULD. And it should not.
Hi, Susan! I hope that we are not underestimating AI's possibilities, because I worry that you are right. Enjoy IWSG Day!
I'm in total agreement with you on AI - a very slippery slope!
Enjoy the outdoors again!
AI has the potential to be dangerous, and I am very concerned. I have not used it and I'm sure I have read AI generated news stories, but cannot be sure.
Congrats on your book release! That's always such an exciting time and how nice to have a conference in the works to keep the momentum going. AI is here to stay so I suppose we will all deal with it in our writing in one way or another. I'm rather old-fashioned and low tech, still write at least one or two drafts with pen and paper, and I can't see myself using AI for anything. Even Grammarly annoys me the way it's always hovering and looking over my shoulder with suggestions.
Susan, I agree with on the topic of AI. It cannot replicate human emotion but if keeps picking up steam, it may be difficult to discern what is AI created vs. human made. I can't think of any shows that have been cancelled on Netflix but I am anticipating the next season for The Night Agent and The Witcher.
Being conference staff is a lot of work but also a lot of fun! I hope the conference goes well, and yay for meeting a fellow blogger!
Hi Susan - well done on the exercising and getting on with writing (however slowly!). What fun to be meeting up with Diane - good luck with the conference. AI there will be good and bad times ... cheers Hilary
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