I was interviewed on The Imaginary Possible podcast about my experience of using AI tools to supercharge my creativity.
For the past few months I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT4 as a brainstorming partner and outlining assistant. I have been really impressed with it, and in the interview I go into a little more detail about how I have been using it.
Before you listen to the interview, I’d like to add a disclaimer about something I wish I had said differently. When Suzanne Le Grande asked me if I was worried about big companies scraping people’s material for AI training without permission, I basically dodged the question and my response was basically, “Meh. Just keep writing.” I’m not a legal expert or a computer programmer. I’m just a regular shmo who has been playing around with a clever online widget for a few months, and offering my opinions about it on a podcast.
I want to go on the record to say, of course I am concerned about it! I think it should be investigated whether the companies who are training these large language models have boosted people’s work. Of course I’m worried about these new technologies making my work and my creativity obsolete. Yes, I am afraid.
But I also see the tremendous benefits this technology can bring to me as a writing assistant. These are what I focused on in the interview.
Rather than sticking my head in the sand, I’ve sought out role models to help me figure out how to integrate these large language models into my writing process.
Here are some helpful resources I’ve been following to learn more about using Large Language Models in writing.
The United States Copyright Office. If you live outside the USA, your country’s rules might be different.
Always be sure to read the full terms of service and privacy policies for whatever AI software you decide to use.
“The AI-Assisted Artisan Author With Joanna Penn.” Joanna Penn has been thinking about AI a lot, and her podcast, The Creative Penn, has lots of interviews with other authors about how they are integrating AI into their workflow.
I subscribe to J. Thorn’s Creative AI Digest Newsletter, which comes out with news every Monday. He also has some helpful books. In particular, I recommend Three Story Method: Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling.
ChatGPT Profits by Jonathan Green.
Write with AI and Love By The Prompt by Rachelle Ayala.
And here are some other memes and AI creations that have made me laugh.
Lord of the Rings by Wes Anderson trailer
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