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RE: A Story Without a Picture
Surely you didn’t learn to write beautifully like that overnight
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Well, I hardly call my ramblings a writing, let alone anything beautiful !!!
and it’s only gotten worse with AI.
AI can serve as a useful tool to polish and refine a writer’s skills. One thing that really puts me off is bad grammar and poor structure. I don't care how brilliant the idea or story may be — it feels criminal to call such writing a post, a blog, or anything of the sort. At times, I even feel such writings should be banned. Why on earth would anyone settle for carelessness when clarity is within reach? And then comes the proud declaration at the end: It’s human-written. Well, if it’s garbage, it’s garbage. No amount of humanity can make it right.
If a ramble is articulate and alive with emotion, I find it beautiful. I mentioned Proust earlier because the sample text you wrote had a Proustian feel. Do you know him? He’s brilliant at making even the mundane feel vivid.
Yes, AI can be a useful tool for polishing a writer’s skills. But it’s often overused, and heavy reliance comes with tradeoffs - as is usually the case. In the past, people honed their writing by reading widely, refining their style, and sharpening their comprehension. Today? Why bother, when AI can do the brainwork for you?
Well, you just opened a whole can of worms… I’m not defending those whose texts have been accused of being AI-generated - I know some of them probably are, haha. But I find it weird: AI (particularly LLMs) is trained on our own words and thoughts. So just because a text sounds like AI, does that automatically mean it is? Just because we use em dashes, it’s ChatGPT? Or if our writing is polished and well-organized, it’s AI-generated? I mean, wtf? Should our texts always be inferior? Should we abandon em dashes or intentionally sprinkle in typos just to ‘prove’ it’s human-written? Ridiculous.
Anyway, I’d say don’t stress over the lack of interesting content. Like water seeking its own level, you’ll eventually come across good work -and good writers naturally attract more good writers ;-)
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First of all, please accept my apology.
So… silly of me to think it was a typo and that you meant posts. My bad again. No, I wasn’t familiar with his work until now. I Googled him and learned a little about him. Hihi
Haha, I’ve opened this can of worms quite a few times in the past, and I know it’s the kind of debate that can go on endlessly — em dashes, polish, typos, this and that. But if I really boil it down, it comes to one thing: shortcuts are never good.
If you’re putting your full effort, giving your best, then your writing will naturally reflect your own voice and depth. At that point, it doesn’t really matter whether someone tries to label it AI or not. You know the sweat and thought you’ve poured into it — and that’s what counts. People will always have opinions, but the integrity of your work shouldn’t depend on proving whether it’s human enough.
You as in me, us ...
So yeah!
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Haha - that explains a lot. Apology accepted :-)
No? Even more impressive. Forget Proust - I’ve read how you judge contest entries, and your standards are already impressively high. Knowing Proust too would probably scare me off. You’re actually more intimidating than the raven ;-)
Precisely! Makes perfect sense.
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