This is not written by AI. Any mistakes or misstatements of material fact are my own. I was recently asked to provide a statement of AI usage for a book chapter that I wrote on identity theft and cybercrime (the book should go to print this summer.) Other than spelling and grammar tools in Google Docs, I used none. The editor seemed surprised by this. Maybe I will learn to use those tools, but I learned to write the old fashioned way.
I am a dinosaur. I bought my first electronic typewriter when I was working on BA, a Panasonic with spell check and about a 20 page memory. I could edit and retype a chapter with the push of a button- what a huge step forward. I started law school just as online legal research was becoming the norm. I think I was the last class at the University of Louisville that had to master legal research in the print books, before being given access to the online databases. And I am glad I was trained that way, though I will never use Shepard's Citations again - ever!
Computers have become a part of our daily lives in little more than 30 years, smartphones in less than 20 years. There is more computing power in my phone, than NASA had to land men on the moon when I was growing up. It is not that the dinosaurs couldn't get the job done, but it took longer. We can do so much more, so much faster today. I still believe that understanding the underlying process of research and writing, of capturing an image, makes a difference in how I use the tools to do it faster. In a way, I am the last of the bridge generation, between digital dinosaurs and digital natives.
I struggled with this post. The Muses seem to have left on the grand adventure a few weeks ahead of me. Inspiration has been hard to find. I had this post written, and left it to fester for a couple of days, and it hit me that the best part of it, was what was buried in the middle. I can hear a long ago editor shouting across the room, "don't bury the lead, put it first." I am so glad I learned from writers who knew how to write, even if it took 50 years for me to apply some of the lessons. (Dave Snoffer, you made a difference in your far to few years.)
You got talent! I love your above creation and interpterion of Washington! Not only that but you managed to make that bag of bone above even smile, evilly for the camera.
ReplyDeleteAnd Im in the same boat, don't use AI but I do enjoy some of the art it produces...but no all of it. I have seen some cool works, but by far, prefer the art "old fashioned stuff" first.
I am having fun with paint this year.
DeleteWhen I write, it's me. I don't use AI, I actually don't know how, and I don't ChatGPT either for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteAnd I like your George; you brought him to life.
I had to repaint his right eye a couple of times.
DeleteHey, George is looking great! I love the texture you achieved in his hair and cravat!
ReplyDeleteI went to university with a small portable manual typewriter. An electric was way out of my price range. Home and office computers didn't even exist when I went to law school, much less the internet. So I learned how to do legal research the old-fashioned way. I had to relearn it all in the 21st century once online researching became dominant.
I bought the electronic typewriter in about 1985 to replace an electric typewriter, the spell check and memory were revolutionary, as I recall I paid something like $500 for it then - a lot of money.
DeleteGeorge looks very good!
ReplyDeleteIt took a very long time for me adopt computers and now they really are my bread and butter. Now the same thing is happening with AI. I can see the advantages in some ways but I also fear for the future. I'm one of those people who worry about our possible extinction.
There will always be a need for the personal touch.
DeleteI am proud of my dinosaur skills and even though they're outdated, they offer problem-solving strategies that these young whipper-snappers have no clue about! GW looks great! Bon voyage on your next grand adventure.
ReplyDeleteI am pleased with George, I continue to develop and learn.
DeleteI am not a big fan of AI or ChatGPT. I think it is harming the ability of users to research and write in their own voice. Look how many people have fallen for the false narratives put out by the current administration. Now when a photo appears, a person has to check to see if it is truth or AI generated. Confusing and misleading!
ReplyDeleteArt that is made with AI should always be labeled as such, in my opinion. The deep fakes are a deep concern. And it is too easy to deflect anything unfavorable, as AI fake news.
DeleteWow. An electric typewriter! I was impressed my college roommate had his own manual typewriter I could use. AI is fascinating but I can’t imagine ever using it for writing. So far, I’m resistant to using it for art. But I would never use it without crediting it.
ReplyDeleteMy parents bought a Smith Corona electric typewriter when I was about 10. I bought an Olivette electric around the time I finished high school, it used interchangeable type rings, I had two or three fonts.
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