The most fun I've had with ChatGPT is having it make up stories for my five year old with her as the main character. She loves it.
Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
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Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#22The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
What does the value in writing mainly consist of?
Edit: currently this question is at -3, as though it’s obvious to everyone the difference between valuable writing and not valuable writing.
To me it’s a worthwhile question, particularly because the more precisely we answer it the more precisely ChatGPT will become able to produce valuable writing a couple releases from now.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
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Were sci-fi authors advocating for greater use of AI? If anything this looks more like Don't Create the Torment Nexus https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#24This story is an opportunity to ask a question I've been wondering about: Is it possible for the same generation of a LLM to produce stories that are significantly better than each other, given the same prompt multiple times? I know you can improve a response by tweaking the prompt. I know that randomness plays a part in the generation process. But, if (let's say) ChatGPT version x.xxx produces a C+ short story the first time, will that same version ever produce an A+ short story if I just keeping asking it the same thing over and over?
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#25Maybe require a captcha on submissions, photo of a government ID, or $5 deposit (refunded to non-AI submissions)?
Frustrating for a moment I'm sure, but the future is here, time to adapt.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#26Maybe require a captcha on submissions, photo of a government ID, or $5 deposit (refunded to non-AI submissions)? Frustrating for a moment I'm sure, but the future is here, time to adapt.
The editor dismissed the latter two options because they're kind of challenging for people in other countries. I guess he prefers to have no submissions at all.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#27The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
What does the value in writing mainly consist of? Edit: currently this question is at -3, as though it’s obvious to everyone the difference between valuable writing and not valuable writing. To me it’s a worthwhile question, particularly because the more precisely we answer it the more precisely ChatGPT will become able to produce valuable writing a couple releases from now.
Execution, meaning, and polish.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#28The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
What does the value in writing mainly consist of? Edit: currently this question is at -3, as though it’s obvious to everyone the difference between valuable writing and not valuable writing. To me it’s a worthwhile question, particularly because the more precisely we answer it the more precisely ChatGPT will become able to produce valuable writing a couple releases from now.
It's the way the story is told. If it was all about the idea, you'd just read the Wikipedia plot synopsis, say "ah what a great story that was, so glad I read it" and move on.
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#29My question is, what is the difference between this and those who just pay ghost writers to write a story about what they instruct for submission? If the contents is exactly what the person submitting intends, what's the big deal?
I doubt AI can actually write captivating stories. Sure it can string mostly coherent sentences together, but it can't develop complex story archs
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#30The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
On the other hand - my dad is an industrial designer. He was initially irritated by how easy it was for lower grade designers to enter the field given the advent of new tools (even before computers). But he eventually embraced it and understood that the nature of his job changed to something more comprehensive. He just advised me to prepare for the same as a software developer in the age of ChatGPT. Perhaps he would say the same about writers.