Thanks, Michael. Have you written anything about the use of image generation with AI? I’m a comics creator, and I’ve been using AI as a reference tool for my work, and even for background work. Any thoughts on uses and misuses of image generation? Is AI (image generation or word) immoral in the way it “scrapes” data from writers and artists without permission from writers and creators?
Especially in writing I worry about a future where every bit of writing is subtly biased because everyone uses an AI to write, and they don’t even pick up on the bias in their writing….
I also think about how nice it would be to train an AI to my own style of writing and have it write the first draft. I can’t see a way for most writers to not end up writing this way in the next 10 years.
I’ve started doing the same thing. I want to share my authentic thoughts and words, but I’ve found that using AI to help with editing and clean-up has been a huge benefit. It’s a tool we can use wisely and with discernment—for God’s glory!
Thank you, your take on AI is compelling. Reading this was also an unexpected experience. From the "dyslexia, dysgraphia, and some serious memory issues when it comes to spelling and pronunciation..," to your writing process - you have described me and a part of my life to an almost unsettling degree of accuracy.
This was really good. I’ve been coming to the same conclusions and haven’t found anyone else that has expressed this so clearly.
Thank you!
When you say tools are never neutral, do you just mean all tools are used to accomplish *something*?
Or that tools are never *morally* neutral?
The former makes sense to me (and is what I think you mean—it’s part of what defines a tool), whereas the latter would be confusing.
But normally when I hear people talk about neutrality regarding tools (wealth, etc) they’re making a morality argument in one direction or the other.
Thanks, Michael. Have you written anything about the use of image generation with AI? I’m a comics creator, and I’ve been using AI as a reference tool for my work, and even for background work. Any thoughts on uses and misuses of image generation? Is AI (image generation or word) immoral in the way it “scrapes” data from writers and artists without permission from writers and creators?
Especially in writing I worry about a future where every bit of writing is subtly biased because everyone uses an AI to write, and they don’t even pick up on the bias in their writing….
I also think about how nice it would be to train an AI to my own style of writing and have it write the first draft. I can’t see a way for most writers to not end up writing this way in the next 10 years.
I’ve started doing the same thing. I want to share my authentic thoughts and words, but I’ve found that using AI to help with editing and clean-up has been a huge benefit. It’s a tool we can use wisely and with discernment—for God’s glory!
Thank you, your take on AI is compelling. Reading this was also an unexpected experience. From the "dyslexia, dysgraphia, and some serious memory issues when it comes to spelling and pronunciation..," to your writing process - you have described me and a part of my life to an almost unsettling degree of accuracy.
Some great advice. Thanks.
Here's a little levity from one of my recent struggles with AI:
https://hoisttheblackflag.substack.com/p/the-ai-apocalypse-is-upon-us?r=26wsm2