The Dangers of AI for Writers and How to Use It Wisely
authorlink.com – Saturday October 19, 2024
If you’re a writer still vexed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your work, you are not alone. NPR reports that a recent Authors Guild survey found only 13% of writers admitted using AI for activities like brainstorming character ideas and creating outlines. In reality, anyone using the Internet to perform the simplest tasks is actually dancing with AI–consciously or unconsciously.
Whether you are paying a bill, traveling to a new location, or writing the next bestseller, you are interacting with AI. These special algorithms are embedded in every program and device we use, from simple spell-checkers to graphics generation.
And the technology is not going away.
So the question is, how are we writers going to grapple with this monster?
Writers are actually in a powerful position. We are the very ones who can shape whether technology will help or harm us.
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