My last nerve has been breached and destroyed. I subscribe to many writing blogs by authors I once found interesting; that’s when they write their own stories, not the AI-generated ones that take up half my pages. No one has the time to write twenty to forty stories a day on various subjects, from lost loves to cats and dogs cohabitating to victims of the Holocaust, weight loss, hair replacement, and then post them like a lost cat poster on every telephone pole in town. I am ridding my blog of this crap, and it is crap in the worst way. ” Looky..Looky at me, I printed twenty posts today and got ten thousand likes and views! Oh my God, I’m just like Stephen King.”
Who gives a Street Rat’s poisoned ass? It only showcases that you are not a real breathing writer with one original thought; you rely on a Bot that spits out some of the worst gruel I’ve tried to read. So, I am deleting your blogs, blocking you for life, putting a bounty on your heads, and might hire some shady folks I know to hunt you down. I recently watched a YouTube video in which well-known authors excitedly screeched about how they now use AI to write their books, and, actually, the few I checked out, the little Chinese Bot did a better job. I’ve got my eyes on you guys.
Now, if only the gardening Elves would show up and help with my yardwork.
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What is confusing is that there would be no personal gratification for posting anything AI-generated, so why do it? I believe writing is very cathartic to you and many other writers. That’s one of the reasons we tell our stories. I hope you feel better after venting, Phil. 🙂
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I do feel a bit of relief. I’m sure the ones I bashed know who they are. There is a handful of writers who do post a lot, but I know for a fact they are legit because I communicate with them. This Substack thing is becoming more like WordPress once was, so I might give it a few more spins and see what happens. The Rat war is over, now the Squirrels are back, and this time it’s personal.
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Let us know your impression of Substack. 🤔😁
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It’s social media, akin to Twitter and the others, but it does let you choose the categories of things you are interested in, or so I thought. I signed up for mainly writers, authors, short stories, and similar things. Now, I’m getting the memes with the purple-haired women that say I will never date a Trump supporter, so it’s about as bad as the others. It’s all about clicks and views.
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With to respect to YouTube Shorts, people are automatically suspicious now of anything even slightly unusual. AI accusations fly left and right. But there are always a few gullible viewers who fall for the video. And so that encourages more AI production. That plus getting thousands of views, therefore monetizing what is so easy and quick to produce using AI tools. It’s becoming an AI pandemic, and people are getting sick of it.
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Momo, my wife has fallen for two AI scams on Facebook, one using Dr. Oz and some other duffus. I can spot them, but many folks can’t. These Youtube shorts have to go to La La Land.
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Must. Not. Delete. My. Blog. I. Am. A. Real. Person. Please. Send. Cherry. Bombs.Ha. Ha.
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Oh, Bob, I know who is real and who uses it, quite obvious. WordPress uses AI for spelling and punctuation and pictures if you need one. You are in no danger of being deleted.
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You can tell right away… they love using a – instead of a comma…and by the way things are worded.
If I would have kept up the pace I was going…I would probably need ai now….every single day for years and years…now it’s 3 days a week…and I’m much happier!
If those elves show up….send them my way.
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I’m not a fan of Jonathan Frazan, but he is one of the best selling authors using it, as is James Patterson. I tried to read the book he co-wrote with Dolly Parton, but wound up using it to start my charcoal grill. Elves are appreciated these days, Max.
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Phil,
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I hear you there, Phil. I’ve found AI to be useful in some things, but a pain in the arse in many other areas. I too find ai-created blog posts to seem like cheating on an exam. I also wonder if, as ai becomes more and more unavoidable, our brains will eventually turn to mush.
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I believe some of this current batch of young writers have reached that point. It is cheating.
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I did try the Chatbot landscape design you featured, and it is darn handy, gave me a few good ideas. I also posted two older stories on Substack, and got a call from the same guy in Delhi that wanted to sell me another car warranty. He said the Monkey’s not only disassembled his new Honda Moped, they sold the parts on Ebay.
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I never thought of AI writing any of the blogs that show up on my feed. Maybe the ones that write about finance or those cheesy motivations ones, but surely everything else is human?
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I see it a lot, and it’s easy to recognize. I’m retired and still don’t have the time to write twenty post a day about everything imaginable. It’s here to stay, so we can enjoy it or keep away.
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