I’m IN for more humanness in content and copy! Perhaps it is wishful thinking, but I believe we are on the verge of a change in marketing. Most of what “works” is stuff that many of us find irritating and even faintly insulting, somehow. When I was first building my website, the marketing folks had me creating copy that was ungrammatical and awkward, because that’s what “worked.” Well, I don’t want *my* brand attached to that; my business is based on my integrity, artistry, and nuance, and if that doesn’t sell, then I need to solve that problem by finding the people who care.
The issue of mechanical thinking and doing is especially evident in marketing copy. I really can't stand most of it. I grudgingly scroll down the tall column of sales text to get to the buy button for a product I already know I want, but if I don't know whether I want it or not, once I see that column, I'm immediately put off. The industry could definitely use an infusion of human-ness.
As a psychology PhD I have been using chatGPT to see if it can help as a search function. So far, when being exploratory, I have found partially useful. For example, if wondering whether belief in internal locus of control (belief that one has power over their future) is positively associated with perception of free speech or that their opinion will be heard, it returns me with a tentative answer, that they may be associated in certain contexts. Asking further questions, it then leads me onto important researchers in the area, and relevant measures, from where I can google scholar and find scholarly articles for detail. However ... I have also found, that sometimes when asking for it to give quotes or cite sources, it will create fake quotes and fake sources ... which is very disturbing, thought I'm fairly sure the next version will stop doing that.
When it comes to creative writing, because I want to become a novelist, at first I was worried. Over time though, I realised that I read stories - or more generally engaged with art - to not only be entertained and inspired by the story, but to connect in deep way with the creator. That through this medium, we are communicating in a way impossible in normal conversation - or even in most non-fiction. When art makes me emotional for instance, I believe it is not only from the art, but as a result of the human connection enabled by the art. As such, as a consumer, I know reading AI stories leave a bad taste in my mouth. I am not connecting with a human, but with a machine - at least now. Maybe my opinion will change as AI improves, but I don't know.
Nicely put. I am hopeful this sort of worldview is getting out into the zeitgeist. I think people are sick of all the hustles from the AI crowd. The renaissance in people using words first on this site is a good counter-force to simulacra everything IMO.
Right. It would not work to create an AI-written Substack, for instance. No one would pay a monthly subscription fee for a stack like that. Not unless the interaction between the AI and the human was highlighted, like "look at what I asked ChatGPT, lol" (and even that would get old.) There is clearly a market for thinking in writing, and that market is growing, and AI can't fill it.
That's hopeful indeed, I would like to ditch my day job which is feeding the Moloch I loath. I at least have it down to about 10 hours a week, but that is 10 hours too many.
I'm day job hunting at the moment, so I strongly empathize with this. Weekend job, actually, because I'm not stopping Extremists Being Awesome, which takes up most of my weekdays. In a way it's disappointing that I haven't "made it" yet to the point of being able to pay the bills with my writing and associated activities. But there's this: I do make a little money each month from this creative venture, and at the same time it fulfills me in ways far more precious than monetary remuneration. If I live simply, I can work full time at the craft and the connection with reader friends, and part-time for the man. That's the opposite of what we've all been told to do since infancy, but it seems right. And I see many other creators coming to the same conclusion, and that seems a world-changing development, in a good way.
I am lucky in that I own my own property outright in a wilderness area no mortgage or rent. I eat simply, always at home, so I can get by with minimum wage slave drudgery and a lot of time for nature walks, my music, writing here, etc.
I'm in the same boat. No mortgage, rent, lots of time to wander around these here hills and hollers. The expenses aren't high, but they are high enough to necessitate a part-time job.
A/I is nothing more than a collection of brain farts from the brain dead. That is the new Merriman dictionary definition.
I’m IN for more humanness in content and copy! Perhaps it is wishful thinking, but I believe we are on the verge of a change in marketing. Most of what “works” is stuff that many of us find irritating and even faintly insulting, somehow. When I was first building my website, the marketing folks had me creating copy that was ungrammatical and awkward, because that’s what “worked.” Well, I don’t want *my* brand attached to that; my business is based on my integrity, artistry, and nuance, and if that doesn’t sell, then I need to solve that problem by finding the people who care.
The issue of mechanical thinking and doing is especially evident in marketing copy. I really can't stand most of it. I grudgingly scroll down the tall column of sales text to get to the buy button for a product I already know I want, but if I don't know whether I want it or not, once I see that column, I'm immediately put off. The industry could definitely use an infusion of human-ness.
Great piece. Gave me some confidence.
As a psychology PhD I have been using chatGPT to see if it can help as a search function. So far, when being exploratory, I have found partially useful. For example, if wondering whether belief in internal locus of control (belief that one has power over their future) is positively associated with perception of free speech or that their opinion will be heard, it returns me with a tentative answer, that they may be associated in certain contexts. Asking further questions, it then leads me onto important researchers in the area, and relevant measures, from where I can google scholar and find scholarly articles for detail. However ... I have also found, that sometimes when asking for it to give quotes or cite sources, it will create fake quotes and fake sources ... which is very disturbing, thought I'm fairly sure the next version will stop doing that.
When it comes to creative writing, because I want to become a novelist, at first I was worried. Over time though, I realised that I read stories - or more generally engaged with art - to not only be entertained and inspired by the story, but to connect in deep way with the creator. That through this medium, we are communicating in a way impossible in normal conversation - or even in most non-fiction. When art makes me emotional for instance, I believe it is not only from the art, but as a result of the human connection enabled by the art. As such, as a consumer, I know reading AI stories leave a bad taste in my mouth. I am not connecting with a human, but with a machine - at least now. Maybe my opinion will change as AI improves, but I don't know.
Nicely put. I am hopeful this sort of worldview is getting out into the zeitgeist. I think people are sick of all the hustles from the AI crowd. The renaissance in people using words first on this site is a good counter-force to simulacra everything IMO.
Right. It would not work to create an AI-written Substack, for instance. No one would pay a monthly subscription fee for a stack like that. Not unless the interaction between the AI and the human was highlighted, like "look at what I asked ChatGPT, lol" (and even that would get old.) There is clearly a market for thinking in writing, and that market is growing, and AI can't fill it.
That's hopeful indeed, I would like to ditch my day job which is feeding the Moloch I loath. I at least have it down to about 10 hours a week, but that is 10 hours too many.
I'm day job hunting at the moment, so I strongly empathize with this. Weekend job, actually, because I'm not stopping Extremists Being Awesome, which takes up most of my weekdays. In a way it's disappointing that I haven't "made it" yet to the point of being able to pay the bills with my writing and associated activities. But there's this: I do make a little money each month from this creative venture, and at the same time it fulfills me in ways far more precious than monetary remuneration. If I live simply, I can work full time at the craft and the connection with reader friends, and part-time for the man. That's the opposite of what we've all been told to do since infancy, but it seems right. And I see many other creators coming to the same conclusion, and that seems a world-changing development, in a good way.
I am lucky in that I own my own property outright in a wilderness area no mortgage or rent. I eat simply, always at home, so I can get by with minimum wage slave drudgery and a lot of time for nature walks, my music, writing here, etc.
I'm in the same boat. No mortgage, rent, lots of time to wander around these here hills and hollers. The expenses aren't high, but they are high enough to necessitate a part-time job.
I am unsure if your statement of the obvious humanness of my writing is a complement or an insult now LMAO!!!!!