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Dane Benko's avatar

Important. Tons of writers test the app, show the output, point at it and say, "See? That's bad writing!" But it's actually important to dig in and explain why, over and over and over again, because quite frankly few people recognize good from bad writing and fewer still know how to express why when they do.

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Corey Smith's avatar

I've noticed this. Which I believe is why few readers know how to write an actual review. Unfortunately it doesn't stop people on Goodreads and Amazon from writing naive and misguided reviews. Most just summarize the plot or talk about how they couldn't identify with the characters.

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Charles Schifano's avatar

That's unfortunately true about reviews—which are, at best, a useful literary genre for both readers and writers. Thank you, Corey.

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Absolutely. Thanks for the comment, DB.

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

Great post explaining everything that is fundamentally wrong with AI Writing. I have to say also as a photographer, that there's a lot fundamentally wrong with AI Images. One instance, is AI generated bird images in which the birds pictured are not the right color blue or red, etc...

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Thank you for the kind words and the comment, Pamela.

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

I am not at all a fan of AI!

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Perspective provides the flavor of literature. AI is the culinary equivalent of a TV dinner, it provides bland but effective sustenance.

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Charles Schifano's avatar

Thank you for the comment, Stanley.

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