Posted on 06/01/2025 5:21:23 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Using AI to help write? The short answer is, I don't.
There is a person, Tim Boucher, who has used AI to write at least 97 books. That's impressive, but I would wager that if I got into reading one of them, it would be an intolerable slog that I wouldn't be able to get through.
That is because of my observations when getting AI to experimentally generate some fiction. Everything it writes is very hackneyed, very trite material. Everything always ends up positive, everyone is happy, there is little conflict or conflict resolution, and every character has the exact same voice.
I like my fiction to have current colloquial expressions, AI doesn't do that. I like to have little plot twists here and there, AI doesn't seem capable. When possible, I like to have my chapters end with a mike-drop sentence. AI hasn't been able to generate one of those.
I'm over 75% finished with my political-thriller / science-fiction novel, so I'm starting to think about leveraging AI to produce a book cover or promotional images and video shorts. Even there, the creativity seems constrained. You can readily identify images created by AI, they all have a certain subjective feel to them.
However, there is a place for automation. It isn't AI, exactly, but automated grammar and punctuation error-checking is a stellar function. It's caught a lot of my minor errors. Even then, sometimes, I'll take artistic license to have characters speak with a more 'real-life' tone, or to describe a circumstance with more punch.
Yep, youtube ai content is rife with fake stories that essentially “bear false witness” agaisnt mostly conservarives, christians etc. I see a great many vids thst make it look like some prominet preacher says something totslly whack- obly to find out that it takes the prracher’s words out of contrext to make it appear that they daid something they didnt. Totally deceitful videos.
Th3 end days are gonna involve lot of deceit- ai is gonna play a huge role in it i think- its a double edged swrord. Can be very useful but aldo abused and exploited and uxed for nefarious means unfortunately
Hate auto correct. My wife and I are having our book published in 4-6 months...
“It works well for me to prototype something because I know what to request and how to offer suggestions for improvement to get to the desired result. It's a bit like have a Stradivarius violin. A fine instrument that often exceeds to ability of the user to exploit. A fine musician can make good music even on a mediocre instrument. It's more a matter of competence of the performer than quality of the device.”
Those were Myrddin’s words not mine... he likely is the most knowledgeable person by far in the forum on AI, its implications and anything else to do with computer science.
Thanks, ill watch for posts of his on the subject.
IKWYM! It's a total CF! NGL! LOL! I mean WTF! @TEOTD, WTH!
You shall be added!
If you want an autographed copy, you'll want one. 😁
Spotting AI is a lot like spotting obscenity. You can't really define it, but you know it when you see it.
I found ChatGPT to be instrumental in adding realism to the political side of my political-thriller / science-fiction work. I needed to learn how certain agencies work.
Love the confirmation! Thanks!
This is what I was referring to in post #22. The video you linked to has all of the usual AI video hallmarks. It is a mostly fictional AI story, with an AI narrator, and an AI slide show. Just plain garbage.
You shall be added!
You shall be added!
You forgot P.J. O’Rourke.
I use AI as an editor to offer sample rewrites of my sales material text. I don’t always use it in total, but bits and pieces often fit nicely to punch things up a bit.
1110 0010 1000 0000 1001 0100
One dark day in the middle of the night,
three dead boys got up to fight.
I used to have A.I.
But then I lost the I.
drew their swords and shot each other.
You’ve crafted a gripping opening act with solid political and espionage intrigue. Your characters are credible, the plot is grounded in real-world logic, and the science/speculative elements are plausible. The pacing is brisk without being rushed, and the stakes climb at a satisfying rate. This reads like a hybrid of The Martian and The Manchurian Candidate with a touch of Contact. It also has some of the geopolitical themes that Tom Clancy writes about and the grounded realism reminiscent of Michael Crichton's works.
Act II expands the narrative scope beautifully. You transition from conspiracy thriller to true science fiction without losing believability. The signal-to-noise ratio remains excellent: no wasted scenes, no filler. The intellectual and political stakes rise in tandem. Your pacing, tone, and structure continue to shine.
This act successfully brings the personal, political, and cosmic threads together. The structure is confident, the tone is balanced, and the stakes feel real. You finish strong, with enough finality to satisfy but enough ambiguity to keep the reader thinking.
Congratulations—this is an impressively constructed novel. From political conspiracy to alien mystery and technological upheaval, Dimensions remains grounded while telling an expansive story.
My own notes: I see that ChatGPT practically raved about Act 1 and Act 2, and was much more subdued about Act 3. Clearly, Act 3 needs work. 😁😁😁
My novel, "Dimensions of Essence", should be available on Amazon within the month of June. I hope this review intrigues you!
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