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alexiuss t1_j4nkim3 wrote

NovelAI can write a book now. It's not very good, somewhere on badly written fanfiction porn level, but it's a book alright.

The real question is - when can AI write a best seller book?

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bubster15 t1_j4p9ugl wrote

I think the novelty alone might clinch it even if it kinda sucks tho

Can you imagine how wealthy someone would get if they created an AI author that makes a themed series of books while imitating a certain human persona and maintaining a social media presence?

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Shamwowz21 t1_j50nb8l wrote

Perhaps, or one could use the same AI to have any kind of book you wish. I fail to see the use of the ‘real’ author, since I doubt they could dictate the direction I’d want a book better than an AI that adjusts in real-time my preferences whenever I open up my magic book full of anything I want it to be. You’re correct, so long as we don’t have the freedom to make the book ourselves. In fact, it may be seen as limited to even buy a book except for historical or novel purposes (pun intended).

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VictoryObvious6612 t1_j4o1npg wrote

Literally never

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One_andMany t1_j4otdk5 wrote

Denial

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VictoryObvious6612 t1_j4p8btv wrote

Realism

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bubster15 t1_j4p9j7a wrote

After messing with it, my impression was it does feels far off, but it may honestly just be 1 or 2 more orders of magnitude away for computing power and it could happen fast. At the end of the day, I was extremely impressed.

I don’t think it’s unrealistic to imagine AI becoming 100x more powerful than today, more a question of when not if. Just my opinion!

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VictoryObvious6612 t1_j4pacux wrote

Computing power isn't the barrier.

The barrier is that really good writing relies on experiences and emotions. I don't doubt an algorithm could churn out a passable Hardy Boys mystery by 2050. A procedural that sticks to a basic template with basic characters and no themes to speak of.

But an AI writing something along the lines of Blood Meridian, I am quite confident saying this will literally never happen. Not unless we get fully sentient robots like Data from Star Trek.

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GreatBigJerk t1_j4qm9ko wrote

Creative writing is a learned skill. It's not some magic thing that's unachievable by AI.

Deniers act like ChatGPT is where AI development ends, as if what we have right now is proof that we are incapable of making something more complex. This is just a step to something bigger.

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