Have machines stolen our dreams? It was a line from a Queensryche song, long ago. Similar enough, anyway. It was hard enough dealing with the human. But of course our current AI is all too human, in design (hallucinations) and use (theft). There are voices in academia, and online, who confidently say every story has …
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Riffing on Writing as an Art and Craft – Inspiration in the face of AI Impersonation
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I missed last week. I thought about putting out a quick blast for the sake of keeping up with weekly output, but decided not to. Better silence than thoughtless blather, I hope! I have been watching lots of writerly videos on You Tube this week. Yes, this is …
Riffing on the future past, a spacefaring earthbound dystopia of AI proportions. Guest appearance by the inevitable G. Orwell.
Hello, my friends and the occasional relative! I had a daydream about a spacefaring story, complete with prolonged dialogue exchange and random bad technological ideas. It was terrible, but fun to go with for a while, comparing Tom Waits' and Nicholas Cage’s Renfields (there was a reason to do with insects and vegetarianism – I …
Roderick T. Macdonald 