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Melissa Reese's avatar

Love this!

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Resist and Heal's avatar

Well written. I love all your references to Star Trek and the holodeck particularly. I've engaged in similar "writing dances" with AI as well. Do you know and follow Troy Hicks? He's an English prof who I've worked with through the Media Education Lab and learned from via the K-12 Online Conference. Similar ideas to yours about the powerful ways AI can be a thought partner and co-writer: https://hickstro.org/ (I initially incorrectly wrote “Troy Hunt” - he’s also worth following but for different reasons, he’s the creator of https://haveibeenpwned.com )

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Patrick Lawlor's avatar

Thanks! Just took a look at the Troy Hunt blog, yeah, there are similarities. Trying to teach school kids not to abuse AI is going to be tough... whole new educational paradigm will be needed in future. Live long and Prosper!

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Dominique Side's avatar

Very helpful piece for stumulating reflection on these topics. Right now I am veering towards the intimate end of the scale, hopefully this expresses the best part of my humanity.

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Patrick Lawlor's avatar

Thanks! Of course, AI might destroy the world, but in the meantime the little boy in me just loves playing with the new toy. Technology doesn't come packaged with the appropriate wisdom unfortunately.

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A CRONE WITH A BOTTLE. Or two.'s avatar

wow, this is the most positiv take on AI by a writer I've read so far. Way to keep an open mind.

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Patrick Lawlor's avatar

Yeah, I don’t think artists should fear AI -- it vastly expands their toolkit.

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