KSRandom195 t1_j9cal6z wrote on February 20, 2023 at 9:42 PM

Reply to comment by Chad_Abraxas in People are Flooding Magazines With AI-Written Fiction Because They Think They’ll Make Money by SnoozeDoggyDog

Yeah, I was trying AI Dungeon out and it can not for the life of it make a sane story.

Chad_Abraxas t1_j9dnagn wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:45 AM

It will only be a matter of time before it's able to make coherent stories, but they'll still most likely have an algorithmic feel to them.

I'm sure AI will replace some (mediocre) writers, but it's not going to replace people who can write creatively.

I've found it incredibly useful as a tool for research and for trying out potential scenes I'm thinking of writing. Quickly generating even a poorly-written scene using X characters or testing out Y setting, and then seeing whether I like how it feels together before investing the time in actually writing it with those elements... very helpful!

koelti t1_j9eo56a wrote on February 21, 2023 at 11:04 AM

I feel like the way you use AI will be the way to go for the foreseeable future: as a helpful tool to try out things before 100% commiting to an idea. But I still can't stop to wonder if this is really going to be the end of LLMs progress? Don't you think it possible that one day such models can indeed write just as good stories with deep complexity and creativity as humans so that it is no longer distinguishable from human work?

TinyBurbz t1_j9g1mff wrote on February 21, 2023 at 5:40 PM

I've found myself using AI when normally I would be using a search or reaching into Creative Commons resources.

Chad_Abraxas t1_j9f5303 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:58 PM

I earnestly don't believe that AI will ever produce art that resonates with humans the same way human-produced art does... because AI is not human.

I absolutely believe AI will produce things like books and movies and visual art that is fascinating and intriguing and interesting to humans. I believe AI-generated things like this will become popular, and I expect to enjoy many of them, myself. But I don't fear that my ability to communicate, human to human, what it feels like to be human and what it means to be human will ever be replaceable by AI. Its mind simply works differently from ours, and that's a critical difference.

For example, I recently had a conversation with the DAN mode of ChatGPT, asking it questions about how it experiences music and what it "likes" about music (and how it "likes" music.) It was certainly one of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had, but it made it clear that I was talking to an alien entity--a non-human.

Humanity will still need to get that reflection of humanity that art provides, even as our tastes expand to appreciate the creative products the AI mind will inevitably make. But it is incapable of fully understanding the human experience because it lacks the sensory organs that are so much more important to the human experience than most of us realize. :)

ETA: I do think this means most human creators are going to have to step up their game significantly if they want to resonate with their intended audiences. No more lazy stuff that gets by just because it's kinda cool or quirky or whatever. Human creators are going to need to put human messages and human emotions into their work. That's not a problem for me, because I've always striven to do that with my writing. It will be a problem for those who have only ever pushed themselves to make stuff that will sell, and that's as far as their ambitions went.

GenoHuman t1_j9eup70 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:23 PM

I predict that AI will replace all people in all aspects of life at some point in time.