It can write stories now

[Stevebol]

It reads fluently enough, at first glance. But, like the wacky sixth fingers and weird ears on people generated with DALL-E or Midjourney, the prose is seasoned with oddities. A heart “at rest” wouldn’t have an “anxious” pulse. Any writer who describes Thursday as a “liminal day that tastes of almost-Friday” should be sentenced to community service. “Enough light from old days” sounds like a bad translation of a Brezhnev-era radio hit.

Close reading ChatGPT's "metafiction";
Pastiche in the age of automation
Max Norman
The Drift

If it wasn't machine generated I'd hesitate to say it's pretty bad.

[pauln]

AI that produces images from text prompt;
I requested it to "show me a jazz guitarist".
Wow, this one is as damned high as a kite.

[mr. beaumont]

That's an actual photo of me, melting my own face.

[pauln]

That's an actual photo of me, melting my own face.

How do you account for the extra left
hand emerging from your spleen?
Looks like maybe a sus2b5

[Mick-7]

That's an actual photo of me, melting my own face.

It looks like the AI was thinking of John McLaughlin - with Shakti on a good night.

[grahambop]

Reminds me of this:

[Stevebol]

Hendrix's response to the cover of Axis: Bold as Love

'I'm not that kind of Indian.'

[wolflen]

Hendrix's response to the cover of Axis: Bold as Love[/B]'

"..My Yellow in this case is not so mellow.."

[Stevebol]

How do you account for the extra left
hand emerging from your spleen?
Looks like maybe a sus2b5

I see a dead Mayan princess.

[Stevebol]

Cory Doctorow:

AI is a bubble and bubbles are terrible.

Bubbles transfer the life savings of normal people who are just trying to have a dignified retirement to the wealthiest and most unethical people in our society, and every bubble eventually bursts, taking their savings with it.

....

The bubble doesn’t want cheap useful things. It wants expensive, “disruptive” things: big foundation models that lose billions of dollars every year.

We forced Japan to cut their interest rates in half 40 years ago. People started spending money like drunken sailors. In 5 years, ka boom.
I used to be a drunken sailor and I don't want to repeat the past.

I think there's a bubble now that's going to burst. It's a guess. It will be bad. I don't want the bot to create anything. I expect it to search and offer an opinion. It does have a way with words at times.

I asked the bot to analyze an NFL playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars that was upcoming. It said it couldn't predict the outcome. I told it to use astrological forecasts.
I saw that done many years ago.
In a nut shell, the Jaguars rely on order and the Bills rely on chaos. It said there's a good possibility the Jaguars would win easily. Or the Bills would be behind and try to make a furious comeback.
They did. Interesting.
I'm going to mess with the bot today.

I'll start with a statement- The Buffalo Bills will never win the super bowl.
Conclusion, we prefer intrigue over coronation.

I was in a jam band on and off for about 15 years. 4 guitars and a bass. Our leader died in a flurry of controversy.

[benhatchins]

it is our reality now. That’s great to hear about the progress with writing stories — consistency really changes everything. Sometimes the hardest part is simply continuing and letting ideas develop naturally. I like seeing how different people approach structure and creativity. Recently I was reading an article from the wisconsin state journal pissedconsumer.com/company/wisconsin-state-journal/customer-service.htmlabout creative habits, and it echoed that same idea of steady practice. Keep going, it clearly pays off.

[StormyMonday]

It's someone's reality for sure. A guy in my band sent a link to a tool that creates AI music to us Luddites. Just for grins I broke Alan Ginsburg's "Howl" into Verse and Chorus and told it to create a hip hop song. The result did not sound like some white guy from Maine. I don't like it and I don't want it, but wow. I had it do two versions;

[wolflen]

[QUOTE=StormyMonday;1449178]It's someone's reality for sure. A guy in my band sent a link to a tool that creates AI music to us Luddites. Just for grins I broke Alan Ginsburg's "Howl" into Verse and Chorus and told it to create a hip hop song. The result did not sound like some white guy from Maine. I don't like it and I don't want it, but wow. I had it do two versions;/QUOTE]

and..in the future..the past will not be referenced..ahh..the essence of early SYFI .. the books replaced with digital updates and media edited versions
to reflect the present accepted norms values and communication language..

yes..someone does know if you ate an apple today.

Is that an old Dylan song? the question wont ever be asked..there is no reference to Dylan.

Yes..someone does know your own dreams..

The concept of OWN is not referenced.

[benhatchins]

Musicians and artists tend to value originality, so there’s some hesitation about relying on generated content. At the same time, people are curious about what AI can come up with, even if it’s just for fun. It feels more like experimentation than serious adoption. The idea of AI writing stories isn’t new, but it still raises questions about depth and authenticity. cleverhumanizer.ai/ai-writer shows how people try to polish those outputs into something more usable. Even then, it often needs a human touch to feel complete.