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Stealing our dreams back from the machine

On June 30, 2026 By rodericktmacdonaldIn Writing1 Comment

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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A Second Rant About Writing and AI

On January 10, 2023January 11, 2023 By rodericktmacdonaldIn Advice, Writing1 Comment

Hello my friends and occasional relative. I submit a new rant, which, upon reflection, I possibly should have written in meter. But I didn't, because how easy would it be to train an AI tool to do that? Ahem. Tap tap tap. In my last outing I went straight to the end of the road, …

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A Typically Ill-informed Rant about AI and Writing

On January 2, 2023January 10, 2023 By rodericktmacdonaldIn Writing2 Comments

This is much longer than my usual entries. My apologies: I got the bit between my teeth and went galloping off hither and yon. A few months ago, I read an article talking about the use of AI in art, and it made me wonder about a future when AI would start to invade writing’s …

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