Well, we made it to September and another post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Learn more about them on their website and Facebook page. Our hosts for this month are Kim Lajevardi, Natalie Aguirre, Nancy Gideon, and Diedre Knight.
Here's our question for this month: What are your thoughts on using AI, such as ChatGPT, Raptor, and others with your writing? Would you use it for research, storybible, or creating outlines/beats?
We've discussed AI for the IWSG before (according to my blog, in October 2023 and March 2024), though I'm sure not only the membership may have changed but also people's attitudes towards AI. My attitude hasn't changed; I'm still irate that Google used this blog to train its AI without my knowledge, consent, and certainly without compensation. See the third line in the photo below:
I have another screenshot showing some of my books were at one point listed in a pirated books site that may have been used to train other AI models. (They might not still be there, which is why I'm not posting the screenshot.)
While I acknowledge AI has been useful for scientific research, I don't think it should be used for creative work. It's a water and energy hog, it takes support from creative humans, and it returns predictive (or predictable) results by design. Earlier this year, I read a cozy mystery that I think was written by AI. (Unfortunately, I can't find the title or supposed author at the moment, as it doesn't look like I added it to Goodreads.) It was very repetitive, and the scenes were out of order. I don't think I would have finished it if I hadn't been on an airplane. I'm a pantser, not a plotter, but even if I did write out my story bible and outlines, I would do it without AI. I hate how it's being shoehorned into sites and software where it's difficult or impossible to turn off. Will I change my mind about AI in a few years? Unlikely, but you never know.
Feel free to leave your thoughts about AI in the comments--if you're human!
5 comments:
I'm sorry that Al used your blog and writing without your consent. I understand why you're really upset with it. I agree that Al shouldn't be used for creative work, though others probably are as you may have found out.
AI has used several of my books to train itself. It's so frustrating!
The new feature in Word seems determined that I use AI, which is annoying.
Yeah... Unfortunately it's here to stay. My copyrights have been violated as well so I'm just going to shrug and utilize what I need to from the tech. What else can you do?
I definitely dont use generative AI to write my stories. To assist in editing for grammar or in researching, I'll use it for those two and even those I dont completely rely on. But I never use it for the creative process in writing.
The Author's Guild is a good organization to deal and keep up with AI issues. They advocate for authors whose work have been infringed on by AI. I suggest checking them out if you haven't done so yet.
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