@p3R1n01D @Vonzales illegal window modifications include curtains and bug screens, but you can remove the piece that makes it open only half way if you get a special tax stamp on your permit.

@Vonzales there are so many window related deaths in Russia. Do you think some people in Russia stockpile windows for self defense?

@keyrocco they think a pejorative is served with sour cream and guacamole.

@SassySherry7 I need a personality the really puts his nose to the grindstone and writes more than 15 minutes at a time.

@SassySherry7 you know, I made my wife laugh the other day. I commented that human beings are essential machines that convert oxygen into carbon. And if that is our purpose on this planet, I must say, we're doing a fantastic job.

@joycereynoldsward I meant more as an emerging technology society will incorporate into everyday life.

I see what you mean though. I also don't like using exercises and formula driven techniques for writing.

But I do like talking about it. Working out my ideas with someone willing to listen. I guess thats the role ai plays for me, though I recognise the ways I could abuse that system to do all the work for me, and try my best not to.

Not everyone will hold back like that though.

@mrfumblethumbs hmmm. I'm not sure. It depends on what intelligence actually is, and how artificial differs. I wonder when a character in my head starts making their own choices, if they are becoming real. If they are, and it uses the resources of my mind, that should be real, but the person in question doesn't exist beyond my mind and a few pages of words. Isn't that ai in a way? Are the algorithms that make up ai any different than words on a screen having their own thoughts?

@TheStorySmith thats cool. I would love to hear your experiences.

@joycereynoldsward you might be right. What I am learning about openai specifically is that they are centering ethics, which no other ai company out there is. If Ai is as inevitable as the internet was in the 90's, I want to give my support to the company who is thinking about the ethical usage of it.

@joycereynoldsward also I was very clear in stating that I wasn't using it as a way to generate the content of my writing, but using it as a way to discuss ideas and work out details.

Which would be like saying that having a conversation with someone and then forming your own ideas based on that conversation is plagiarism.

@joycereynoldsward actually it doesn't. Its a language modeling program that generates responses based on speech behaviors from its training data. But thats how language works, its like saying that something is plagiarism because you formed a sentence using words you have heard before and sentence structure from hearing people speak.

This is not to be confused with ai image generation that uses stable diffusion, which approximates an image from keywords from its training data of images

@FreedomATX yeah, exactly. I needed to work out the sewage system of New York City, existing prohibition tunnel locations and proximity to hospitals. There's no way I'm going to find an expert to talk to about this. So this was a great use for me.

Question for writers.... or anyone I guess.

What are your thoughts on using Ai as a tool for writing?

So I've been chatting it up with chatgtp late at night when I cant sleep, and I found it super useful for working out details of my novel. I'm being careful not to use it as a tool to write the novel FOR me, but to just talk openly with what is essentially a conversative search engine has opened up my eyes to some new ideas.

#WritingCommunity

Last year I wrote 20k words, and deleted 10k. I'm happy to report that I'm back in the green!!!

Whats crazy is that this is just the beginning of my story. My zombies haven't even shown up yet. LOL 😆 🤣 😂 😹

#WritingCommunity #Writing #writersofcoso #novel #zombies

Happy sunday everyone. Making a breakfast sandwich for my lovely wife and petting the dogs.

I hope everyones having a great night. I wrote today and got over a huge obstacle in my story, and I feel good about that. The wife and I got Thai food, she had Masaman Curry and I had spicy noodle soup, soooo good.

Now we are listening to Kim Petras in a beanbag in our loft waiting for blast off from the gummies we just ate while our dogs snuggle us.

Its a nice night.

@Dbot yeah, thats what people tell me, and objectively thats true.

Thats where I feel like a failure, my work didn't account for my success. It was luck 99% of the time, and when things went downhill, I was completely powerless to fix it.

If I had to define it, thats how I feel. And its the feeling that haunts me going into new projects.

It has a lot to do with why I am a truck driver now. My success is based on showing up and working hard, not the whims of an oppressive algorithm.

@Dbot thanks 😊

I would like to clarify that I'm not looking for pity, or reassurance. I'm just being honest about my feelings, sense of inadequacy, imposter syndrome that follows me in every creative venture I pursue. Whether its in my writing, my video editing, interacting with an audience, or even if its just dick jokes... Expression is so important to me and my sense of worth, but my failures follow me, and never cease to remind me that I'm not cut out for this, I dont deserve it, and I should give up.