Let’s start by saying that I have no desire to “speak” with my editorial program’s new AI feature. Despite having worked on my doctorate, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees, I remain at the root of the folksinging road bum who dropped out of high school. I don’t want some idiot savant telling me how to improve my writing. I got it to check my spelling, assist me in placing commas, and watch for bad grammatical stuff. Ahhhhh. There it goes, suggesting that I should not use the word “really.” Up yours!
A while ago, I tried its suggestion in one paragraph. When it finished, I was not captivated; I was horrified. It was not an improvement; it was more of a drive-thru shooting of my writing style. I could not recognize my voice in the finished product. As result I turn off all the polite idiot popups suggesting that I try the generative AI settings. That’s not why I bought a subscription to their program.
I realize that not everyone in the blogosphere loves my writing style. But it is mine; I own it. I have no desire to sound like some neutered chat program. Everyone should rally around their own unique identity and voice. It may not be perfect, but it is authentic, and it is yours.
That’s all until my writing program tells me…“I’m sorry Lou, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
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I enjoy all the unique styles of everyone’s writing. I ‘really’ do. heh, heh, heh.
Really? I mean, really really or just really?
I wonder if AI is used a lot will everyone sound the same?
Have you noticed that lots of the AI created people are similar?
I resemble that remark
Are you confessing to be an AI in the disguise of a former Englishe teacher?
No, just ChatGPT has offered me some very interesting conversations. That entity has read everything and it helped me make paint. Hard not to think of it as a friend. One of the stories I read for the contest is about a future iteration of an AI with similar programing to ChatGPT. I was amused. 😀
I haven’t really looked to much into it, but it’s coming
ChatGPT has an obsession with transitional words. Therefore, it loves them. Consequently, its writing reminds me of the crap that freshman writing teachers at community colleges were telling their students was good writing. In contrast, writing without the constant use of transitional words has more energy and is (generally) less boring. In my opinion, transitional words are annoying. However, I’ve asked for ChatGPT’s help a time or two since there is no one here to review my writing. Almost without exception, it recommends “More transitional words” and offers an example of writing that I would never in a million years claim as my own. As a result, I edit its edits.