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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Beholden

Jun 8, 2024 at 5:35am
In response to "Being Useful"

Well, there was a time when I had a particularly nicely turned pair of ankles.

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H❀pe

Jun 8, 2024 at 3:07am
In response to "Being Useful"

System test:
You'll never see me in Pantaloons, I haven't the ankles for it.

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Beholden

May 28, 2024 at 9:27am
In response to "Official Contests"

LOL Apparently, Ruwth!

Ned

May 26, 2024 at 2:09pm
In response to "Privacy Policy"

That leaves me with so many questions...

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Anni Pon

May 19, 2024 at 12:46pm
In response to "AI and All That"

It does feel like doom and gloom, especially for a profession like writing. But I don't think creative jobs are actually in that much danger (yet) from AI, because it just doesn't compare to a human in that area. AI is not creative, it just recognizes patterns in data and spits it back out. So the creative arts (creative writing, art, music) is actually one of the few domains where I think human expertise will be valued over AI, even as the use of AI becomes more wide-spread. It's a good sign that publishers are already demanding transparency when it comes to using AI in writing.

Will AI take over some jobs in the future? Yeah, probably. But it's more likely that the jobs of the future will be working with and using AI, not necessary replaced by AI.

However, I can't predict the future. Maybe AI can. I'll ask Siri.

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Scarypotato is okay

May 19, 2024 at 11:32am
In response to "AI and All That"

Beholden

I agree with 98% of what you said. The one quibble I have is that for things like Scientific inquiries about systems that change a lot, like coral reefs, AI is a good tool for analyzing that.

However I do feel threatened by AI. It seems to be taking all the jobs that smart people would normally do. It thinking it knows how to write anything that isn't business related. The fact that corporate greed will do anything to make more and spend less leading to companies salivating over the possibility of replacing costly workers with soulless AI. That really makes me upset.

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Beholden

May 19, 2024 at 10:43am
In response to "AI and All That"

I am like most people - I understand when something affects the way I live and the things I do, but there is less understanding when it comes to other uses for the matter under discussion. I'm sure you're right, Anni, that AI has lots to offer in other fields but, to the writer, it really feels like doom. But I do agree that you can't put toothpaste back in the tube - it's just that sometimes we should try.

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Anni Pon

May 19, 2024 at 10:00am
In response to "AI and All That"

Also, I hope I haven't offended any young folks with the above comment. It's not the entire generation, it's just a trend. If you're actively on a writing site like this, probably doesn't apply to you.

Anni Pon

May 19, 2024 at 9:52am
In response to "AI and All That"

AI is just a tool, in my opinion. There are things it should be used for, and things it should definitely not be used for. It's actually great at debugging code or explaining complicated statistics and other concepts, which is mostly how I use it. Much better than Google. I don't use it at all for writing, although I'm sure a lot of people do. I honestly think it's contributing already to the newer generation's illiteracy. I've seen a dramatic drop in writing ability and reading comprehension in the youth, I think because they've all but stopped reading and don't have to communicate in full sentences with proper grammar in their daily lives. When they do read, it's usually audio books and podcasts. When they do write, they can easily outsource it to Grammerly or ChatGTP so they aren't really forced to learn or use the rules. It's going to be a huge problem when a generation with minimal writing skills and reading comprehension get to be adults...

So I definitely get your point about AI being a danger to the writing profession. I do think there are other uses that are going to revolutionize society; it's just so new that society hasn't caught up to it yet. They're just throwing AI into everything now, where it doesn't belong, and the rules and regulations are lagging behind. Not to mention, the people making the laws have no clue what AI even is or what it can do. Unfortunately, the cat is out of the bag and there's no way it's going to be put back in now. We just have to make sure it's used responsibly, because there is potential for a lot of good, but also a lot of harm.

Simply Me

May 16, 2024 at 9:32am
In response to "The Way of the World"

I hear you there. They say the grass is greener....too and it's not. lol

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June 25, 2022 at 10:37am

#1034221

Stories

Stories

Someone said something once about there being only seven stories in the world. Or maybe it was eight or even six.

No matter, the point is that I find this very hard to believe. I mean, it sounds good, but then you think of all the stories that are being written around the world today. And that’s not just those that get published. They all count, even those produced by impoverished nobodies living in garrets and hobbyists in writing clubs. That must amount to millions of stories every day. And I’m supposed to believe that, in all those myriads of new stories, there’s not one that cannot be classified under the unannounced titles proposed by whoever suggested so low a limit?

Sorry, but I’m not buying it. I’m even prepared to state (not bet - I’m not a gambling man) that most of us could separate our various writings into more than seven “typical” tales. And anyway, believing that there is a limit, is just a way to become discouraged that you’ll ever produce something completely original. I have to believe otherwise.

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