Turf, I think the whirled of ya but when it comes ta AI... just noooooo!!!!!! (nooooooo!)
(Also it gives wrong answers...n'uther story fer an'nuther time--and it lies! It's reconsty-tooted human-ergo-fallible kulchur-all collage, cobbled 2gether from both stolen talent... an' stolen lack of it, from brilliance an' stoopidity, from love...an' hate... Only thang I can say in its favor is...it's fast.
But as I larned long ago from a wise film production instructor you can only pick TWO outta three re: fast, cheap, an' well-done! If it's fast & cheap it'll suck. Pay real human-beans ta do proper work at a decent "celery" an' you'll git quality (but it won't be fast!)
This good'n plenty short take sums it up fer me/myself/&moi:
Hey Daisy, I hear yaâand I love the righteous fire in your rant (truly, itâs a work of art!). But I gotta say, my experience with AI is more âhit or missâ than your flat-out ânooooooo!!!â Sometimes, yeah, it takes a lot of coaxing, shaping, and rewriting to get the material usable (kind of like editing a stubborn intern who read one too many Reddit threads). But other times? Itâs surprisingly on the moneyâlike it read my mind and did a decent first draft while I grabbed coffee.
Youâre absolutely right that entering a prompt doesnât make you a novelistâno more than buying a paintbrush makes you Rembrandt. But used with discernment, AI can be more like a supercharged thesaurus with attitude⌠or a brainstorming partner who doesnât get offended when you tell them their ideaâs garbage.
Is it flawed? Sure. Does it lie? Sometimes, yeahâjust like every politician who ever said âthis will be temporary.â But Iâd argue itâs not a replacement for real creativityâitâs a tool. And like any tool, it can build or destroy depending on whoâs wielding it.
(Also: if AI can be a fast, cheap first pass, and Iâm the one supplying the quality control⌠then maybe I do get all three. Shhh, donât tell your film instructor đ)
Anyway, thanks for sharing that piece. You know I love the grumpy contrarian voices just as much as I love the shiny toys.
happy ta share but.... wull.... I'll stick ta my grumpy contrarian take on AI but the problem is it ain't a tool like any other...
An electric drill is quicker than a manual crank one but it duz not feed on yer mind!
Even a computer keyboard is just a way fer yer work ta go from mind to screen but again, it duz not feed on yer mind!
A food processor may chop faster than a hand held Ginsu!--but again, it doesn't steal yer thoughts or feed on yer mind....
But AI? It's a succubus that's preyin' on yer original thoughts an' stealin' yer own creative idears & input! Sure it spits out sumthin' that ain't half bad--based on what you put in it an' others too that it can now use for or against you an' any'buddy else. Don't put it past it either! No other tool duz this! I kinda joke 'bout "evil" but if there IS evil, man oh man, AI is it!
This'iz gotta be the most dystopian statement ya made:
"like it read my mind and did a decent first draft while I grabbed coffee"
yer cheerin' it READ YOUR MIND? OMG noooooo!
yer a moosical poet and a poetic writer... you don't NEED AI! By all means write, muse, an' make yer coffee while no robot-tick brain takes over fer ya.... you think it's givin' YOU sumthin'....but really it's a THIEF! Don't let 'im in yer home or yer mind! (mah 2 cents plain! lol)
Ha! Daisy, Iâll give you thisâyou do âgrumpy contrarianâ better than anyone alive. And I get it, truly. AI does feel different from a drill or a food processor because itâs not just cutting wood or carrotsâitâs chewing on language, which makes it spooky-close to chewing on us.
But hereâs where I part ways with ya: if itâs a succubus, itâs the laziest one I ever met. Half the time it coughs up garbage Iâd never sign my name to, and the other half it spits out something that saves me a few hours of grunt work. Then I wrestle it, reshape it, beat it into something actually mine. If anything, itâs a clumsy apprentice, not a soul-thief.
That âread my mindâ line? Yeah, maybe that did sound a bit dystopianâbut trust me, no demon botâs crawling through my brainpan. Sometimes it just happens to stumble onto a phrase or rhythm that syncs with my intent. Other times, itâs like asking it for poetry and getting back the back of a cereal box.
So nahâIâm not handing over my muse. Just giving her an unruly intern to keep busy while I make the coffee.
addin' the word NOW to "a clumsy apprentice, not a soul-thief"--the soul suckin' "aspic" is bein' prepared--for some it's "there" (think 'bout the folks it convinced ta join the "blue whale" which is really dark stuff)... okay, I hear ya Turf, just caveat emptor an' be ready ta dump yer diggy-tail when it starts waggin' ya... ;-O
Fair enough, Daisyâpoint taken. Iâll treat it as the clumsy apprentice for now, but keep my boots ready in case it grows fangs and starts wagginâ me instead. đ
ya got it! (fangs 'er bristles! an' donut fergit The Sorcerer's Apprentice wherein assistant Mickey gits over-confydent an' triggers sum purdy dark non-stop magic...magick! that couldn't be arrested--all meanin's--'til the Master Wizard arrived back--AI is far worse than dancin' brooms tho an' even the Masters programmin' this stuff cain't control it any longer.... A tale/tail of lifeless objects that should not be given life let alone agency!...) jus' beware that mouse trap ;-) an' apt parable with occult/masonic overtures just like AI! (yi yi)
Thanks. Which one will write your new GOP party candidate news letter?
<nudge>
Thanks for passing along these tips. Will play with some of the recommendations.
Turf, I think the whirled of ya but when it comes ta AI... just noooooo!!!!!! (nooooooo!)
(Also it gives wrong answers...n'uther story fer an'nuther time--and it lies! It's reconsty-tooted human-ergo-fallible kulchur-all collage, cobbled 2gether from both stolen talent... an' stolen lack of it, from brilliance an' stoopidity, from love...an' hate... Only thang I can say in its favor is...it's fast.
But as I larned long ago from a wise film production instructor you can only pick TWO outta three re: fast, cheap, an' well-done! If it's fast & cheap it'll suck. Pay real human-beans ta do proper work at a decent "celery" an' you'll git quality (but it won't be fast!)
This good'n plenty short take sums it up fer me/myself/&moi:
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/08/contrariwise-when-a-i-is-b-s/?
Hey Daisy, I hear yaâand I love the righteous fire in your rant (truly, itâs a work of art!). But I gotta say, my experience with AI is more âhit or missâ than your flat-out ânooooooo!!!â Sometimes, yeah, it takes a lot of coaxing, shaping, and rewriting to get the material usable (kind of like editing a stubborn intern who read one too many Reddit threads). But other times? Itâs surprisingly on the moneyâlike it read my mind and did a decent first draft while I grabbed coffee.
Youâre absolutely right that entering a prompt doesnât make you a novelistâno more than buying a paintbrush makes you Rembrandt. But used with discernment, AI can be more like a supercharged thesaurus with attitude⌠or a brainstorming partner who doesnât get offended when you tell them their ideaâs garbage.
Is it flawed? Sure. Does it lie? Sometimes, yeahâjust like every politician who ever said âthis will be temporary.â But Iâd argue itâs not a replacement for real creativityâitâs a tool. And like any tool, it can build or destroy depending on whoâs wielding it.
(Also: if AI can be a fast, cheap first pass, and Iâm the one supplying the quality control⌠then maybe I do get all three. Shhh, donât tell your film instructor đ)
Anyway, thanks for sharing that piece. You know I love the grumpy contrarian voices just as much as I love the shiny toys.
happy ta share but.... wull.... I'll stick ta my grumpy contrarian take on AI but the problem is it ain't a tool like any other...
An electric drill is quicker than a manual crank one but it duz not feed on yer mind!
Even a computer keyboard is just a way fer yer work ta go from mind to screen but again, it duz not feed on yer mind!
A food processor may chop faster than a hand held Ginsu!--but again, it doesn't steal yer thoughts or feed on yer mind....
But AI? It's a succubus that's preyin' on yer original thoughts an' stealin' yer own creative idears & input! Sure it spits out sumthin' that ain't half bad--based on what you put in it an' others too that it can now use for or against you an' any'buddy else. Don't put it past it either! No other tool duz this! I kinda joke 'bout "evil" but if there IS evil, man oh man, AI is it!
This'iz gotta be the most dystopian statement ya made:
"like it read my mind and did a decent first draft while I grabbed coffee"
yer cheerin' it READ YOUR MIND? OMG noooooo!
yer a moosical poet and a poetic writer... you don't NEED AI! By all means write, muse, an' make yer coffee while no robot-tick brain takes over fer ya.... you think it's givin' YOU sumthin'....but really it's a THIEF! Don't let 'im in yer home or yer mind! (mah 2 cents plain! lol)
Ha! Daisy, Iâll give you thisâyou do âgrumpy contrarianâ better than anyone alive. And I get it, truly. AI does feel different from a drill or a food processor because itâs not just cutting wood or carrotsâitâs chewing on language, which makes it spooky-close to chewing on us.
But hereâs where I part ways with ya: if itâs a succubus, itâs the laziest one I ever met. Half the time it coughs up garbage Iâd never sign my name to, and the other half it spits out something that saves me a few hours of grunt work. Then I wrestle it, reshape it, beat it into something actually mine. If anything, itâs a clumsy apprentice, not a soul-thief.
That âread my mindâ line? Yeah, maybe that did sound a bit dystopianâbut trust me, no demon botâs crawling through my brainpan. Sometimes it just happens to stumble onto a phrase or rhythm that syncs with my intent. Other times, itâs like asking it for poetry and getting back the back of a cereal box.
So nahâIâm not handing over my muse. Just giving her an unruly intern to keep busy while I make the coffee.
addin' the word NOW to "a clumsy apprentice, not a soul-thief"--the soul suckin' "aspic" is bein' prepared--for some it's "there" (think 'bout the folks it convinced ta join the "blue whale" which is really dark stuff)... okay, I hear ya Turf, just caveat emptor an' be ready ta dump yer diggy-tail when it starts waggin' ya... ;-O
Fair enough, Daisyâpoint taken. Iâll treat it as the clumsy apprentice for now, but keep my boots ready in case it grows fangs and starts wagginâ me instead. đ
ya got it! (fangs 'er bristles! an' donut fergit The Sorcerer's Apprentice wherein assistant Mickey gits over-confydent an' triggers sum purdy dark non-stop magic...magick! that couldn't be arrested--all meanin's--'til the Master Wizard arrived back--AI is far worse than dancin' brooms tho an' even the Masters programmin' this stuff cain't control it any longer.... A tale/tail of lifeless objects that should not be given life let alone agency!...) jus' beware that mouse trap ;-) an' apt parable with occult/masonic overtures just like AI! (yi yi)