What is the right role for AI?
My fellow writers in the Speculative Fiction Writers Group are so thoughtful. Right now, many of us are upset, thinking about the news that Harper Collins will start giving its human authors' work product to AI, in order to develop the ability of AI to write its own fiction. There are so many ways to think about this: On the 'pro' side, Th ere are so many examples of tech replacing humans : In farming we have tractors and huge combines now , not rows of serfs . In weaving we have automated looms , not teams of weavers . In the kitchen we have food processors , not six sous chefs . Y et this 'let 's replace writers ' push is so worrying . Is that because we writers want to write and don't want to be replaced ? Should the rule be "use AI only where humans want the AI ? ' In which case , who gets to decide ? I think the main arguments against using AI to write creative fiction is this: A I should be a tool that assists humans , not a replacement fo...