Isn't that like berating a miner for operating a BWE rather than using a pick and shovel? They are still a miner, but with a machine operating skill set.
And of course you can make a real mess of things if you don't know how to operate a BWE properly.
Large Language Models give those with ideas but poor prose a leg up in the same way that a car allows a person who can't run fast to outpace someone that can. It's just the next phase of technological enhancement. We don't announce we're driving to Newcastle rather than walking. We don't announce we're using a word processor and electronic mail rather than long hand, sealing wax and a mail coach. We automatically assume people are using the best technology available to get the job done. The spelling and grammar checker built into this ChromeBook I just happen to be using fixed a load of faults in this message on the fly. Is that a bad thing?
Even if you have a pre-trained transformer available you still have to drive it properly, and edit the output so it reads well and communicates the intent. Getting rid of the drudgery and the blank page problem will allow more people to share their ideas with others, much as GarageBand has allowed more people to share their musical compositions.
The cream will still rise to the top. This technology means there will be more production , but overall there will be more cream.
"I don’t want to come across as sanctimonious" , perish the the thought Paul 😉
But seriously, as readers will know my "vocabulary, spelling and grammar " is ship and if in any doubt go back and find tweets and comments from when a phone update disabled my spell checker, it was atrocious, so techI can be good because my comments were unreadable.
If ( god forbid) I was asked to give a speech or presentation to important people i may use tech or AI to help construct my sentences but the underlying thought process/idea /content of speech would be from my brain , I might just use the AI to "tidy it up " for me .
I think it can be good to help us thickos interact with smart people, without it i wouldn't be able to leave my comments.
I use AI in the same way: I gather my thoughts, write them down, review them and then let AI improve my writing and grammar. As a published technical writer, I am perfectly capable of writing coherent prose myself but it takes time as I review and improve my sentences to improve clarity and have the content read well and fluidly. Using AI just speeds up that process and of course I review the output before posting/publishing it, I've even slightly changed the AI output to make the text seem more like my style, but I'm sure I could teach the AI my writing style to use as hints.
Isn't that like berating a miner for operating a BWE rather than using a pick and shovel? They are still a miner, but with a machine operating skill set.
And of course you can make a real mess of things if you don't know how to operate a BWE properly.
Large Language Models give those with ideas but poor prose a leg up in the same way that a car allows a person who can't run fast to outpace someone that can. It's just the next phase of technological enhancement. We don't announce we're driving to Newcastle rather than walking. We don't announce we're using a word processor and electronic mail rather than long hand, sealing wax and a mail coach. We automatically assume people are using the best technology available to get the job done. The spelling and grammar checker built into this ChromeBook I just happen to be using fixed a load of faults in this message on the fly. Is that a bad thing?
Even if you have a pre-trained transformer available you still have to drive it properly, and edit the output so it reads well and communicates the intent. Getting rid of the drudgery and the blank page problem will allow more people to share their ideas with others, much as GarageBand has allowed more people to share their musical compositions.
The cream will still rise to the top. This technology means there will be more production , but overall there will be more cream.
Hiya Paul 👋
"I don’t want to come across as sanctimonious" , perish the the thought Paul 😉
But seriously, as readers will know my "vocabulary, spelling and grammar " is ship and if in any doubt go back and find tweets and comments from when a phone update disabled my spell checker, it was atrocious, so techI can be good because my comments were unreadable.
If ( god forbid) I was asked to give a speech or presentation to important people i may use tech or AI to help construct my sentences but the underlying thought process/idea /content of speech would be from my brain , I might just use the AI to "tidy it up " for me .
I think it can be good to help us thickos interact with smart people, without it i wouldn't be able to leave my comments.
Have a lovely week Paul and other readers 😃
Ps I would throughly recommend "Despised " .
I use AI in the same way: I gather my thoughts, write them down, review them and then let AI improve my writing and grammar. As a published technical writer, I am perfectly capable of writing coherent prose myself but it takes time as I review and improve my sentences to improve clarity and have the content read well and fluidly. Using AI just speeds up that process and of course I review the output before posting/publishing it, I've even slightly changed the AI output to make the text seem more like my style, but I'm sure I could teach the AI my writing style to use as hints.