my opinion on the current state of AI books, reducing art to product for profit, and what that means for craft and process.
🌱 “The hard work, the real work that requires innovation, is to be known and one of the best—one of the most perennially powerful ways to be known—is to be an artist.” From Ocean Vuong whose perspective on writing and identity I think speaks well to the elements of craft that AI can't replicate and why humanity is intrinsic to art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OZIwsk9cAM (thanks @lynndjung for the rec!)
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references:
Earth.org "Can AI fulfil its potential without harming the environment": https://earth.org/the-green-dilemma-can-ai-fulfil-its-potential-without-harming-the-environment/
NPR "TV writer David Simon Weighs in on the Writers Guild of America Strike": https://www.npr.org/2023/05/19/1177194215/tv-writer-david-simon-weighs-in-on-the-writers-guild-of-america-strike
Washington Post "See why AI like ChatGPT has gotten so good, so fast": https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/artificial-intelligence-tech-rapid-advances/
Washington Post "Opinion | AI is learning from stolen intellectual property. It needs to stop.": https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/19/ai-large-language-writers-stealing/
Harvard Business Review "Managing the Risks of Generative AI": https://hbr.org/2023/06/managing-the-risks-of-generative-ai
MIT "Explained: Generative AI": https://news.mit.edu/2023/explained-generative-ai-1109
Forbes "Green Intelligence: Why Data And AI Must Become More Sustainable": https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/03/22/green-intelligence-why-data-and-ai-must-become-more-sustainable/
New York Times "OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance": https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/technology/openai-culture-whistleblowers.html
OpenAI Insiders Open Letter "A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence": https://righttowarn.ai/
Timothy Goodman: https://www.tgoodman.com/
0:00 intro
0:39 ai-powered writing tools.....
2:58 we are so cooked
4:52 AI, theft, and why you can't fool the trained eye
9:07 creation without craft
11:54 misunderstanding what writing is
14:28 the truth about writer's block
17:30 is AI entirely bad though
21:00 i wish the best for all aspiring writers
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