Happy New Year! This week’s topic in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge at Long and Short Reviews is What I Think of AI.
I don’t know a lot about AI, at least not enough to have a well informed opinion about it. From what I do know about it, there seems to be advantages and disadvantages. I generally don’t think most things, especially regarding technology, are completely good or completely bad. So many things, including AI, can enhance our lives when used wisely and with the purpose of helping rather than harming others.
From the little research I’ve done, it seems that AI can be useful as an editing tool and for assisting writers and artists creatively. That sounds fine to me as long as people’s rights aren’t violated and they’re properly compensated.
I’ve heard that entire books can be written using AI, but as a writer that’s not something that interests me in any way. I write because I enjoy the creative process. Working on my stories by fleshing out characters and crafting sentences gives me a feeling of accomplishment. It’s how I express myself.
I’m not against new tools and different ways of doing things. Times change and there will always be benefits and drawbacks regarding those changes. Twenty four years ago, my first novel was published as an ebook. Ebooks are now common for readers, but back in the day, some people thought ebooks were awful or that they wouldn’t last or that they’d destroy the publishing industry. Ebooks provided me with the opportunity to work with other creative people—publishers, editors, artists, authors, and readers. Ebooks also gave readers the chance to enjoy a wider variety of work and didn’t limit them to books chosen by a select group of publishers who decided what type of material was released to the public. Nowadays, many books are offered in different formats, including ebooks and audio books so people can enjoy stories in the format that works best for them.
Independent publishing has had a similar history to ebooks, which I blogged about here back in 2016.
I love both ebooks and indie publishing, and I’ve always loved traditionally published books, as well. There’s no way of knowing how AI will affect the future until we get there, but I’m not opposed to AI as long as, like anything else, it’s used responsibly.
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It’s wild to me that some people are using AI to write books!