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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Popsicle Crows Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Feb 2023 at 7:51am
Originally posted by LisaBelle LisaBelle wrote:

If I could train the bot to not use the Oxford comma, they might have a shot. I have a writer that just loves to stick extraneous commas everywhere. And a copy editor who is about 137 years old. He sometimes falls asleep while proofing, so maybe I should find a way to utilize this valuable technology Smile

 
Lol,. A far more controversial subject. Marmite, Oxford commas. 
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Originally posted by Deschain Deschain wrote:

[posted this earlier in the original thread]

Once there was a young woman named Mary who lived in an old mansion. She was known for her beauty, but also for her vanity. She would spend hours in front of the mirror, applying makeup, particularly her favorite red lipstick.

One evening, as she was getting ready for a party, she heard a strange noise coming from the bathroom. She ignored it, thinking it was just the pipes, but the noise persisted. As she was about to apply her lipstick, the noise grew louder. Suddenly, the bathroom door flew open and a ghost appeared before her. It was the ghost of a woman who had died in the mansion years ago.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Nimhathuna Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Feb 2023 at 9:41am
Originally posted by Popsicle Crows Popsicle Crows wrote:

Originally posted by LisaBelle LisaBelle wrote:

If I could train the bot to not use the Oxford comma, they might have a shot. I have a writer that just loves to stick extraneous commas everywhere. And a copy editor who is about 137 years old. He sometimes falls asleep while proofing, so maybe I should find a way to utilize this valuable technology Smile

 
Lol,. A far more controversial subject. Marmite, Oxford commas. 

Yep, swords are drawn. LOL I'm an Oxford comma devotee and proud of it.
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Originally posted by Nimhathuna Nimhathuna wrote:

Yep, swords are drawn. LOL I'm an Oxford comma devotee and proud of it.

Yes!  A person who rejects the Oxford comma must be a blackguard, a caitiff, or a knave.  It is useful, necessary, and good.  Kings, angels, and gods use it.
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As an experiment I ran my prompts from the first round of the short story (comedy, surrogate mother, insurance policy) through the program.  Not withstanding the gaping plot hole in the first paragraph, the story-telling was pretty bad.  I'm sure it will improve in time, but for now it has a long way to go.

Jenny was a young, bright-eyed woman who had always dreamed of becoming a mother. Unfortunately, fate had different plans for her. After several rounds of IVF treatments, she was informed by her doctor that she would never be able to carry a child of her own. Heartbroken and devastated, she didn't know what to do.

That's when she stumbled upon the idea of becoming a surrogate mother. She had heard of it before but never really considered it until now. After doing her research and talking to a few surrogate mothers, she decided to take the plunge. It wasn't an easy decision, but she knew that she wanted to give someone the gift of life.

Jenny went through the screening process and was soon matched with a couple who had been struggling to conceive for years. They were over the moon and couldn't believe their luck. Jenny was ecstatic as well. She had never felt so fulfilled and happy in her life.

Everything was going well until the couple presented her with an insurance policy. It was an odd request, but they explained that they had heard horror stories of surrogate mothers running off with the baby or changing their minds. They wanted to make sure that they were protected in case anything went wrong.

Jenny read through the policy and was stunned. It was a comedy of errors. It covered everything from alien abductions to shark attacks. She couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all.

The policy stated that if the baby was lost due to an alien abduction, the couple would receive a sum of $1 million. If the baby was swallowed by a shark, they would receive $500,000. If the baby was stolen by a band of gypsies, they would receive $250,000. The list went on and on.

Blah, blah, blah


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Clarkesworld just closed their submissions due to being inundated with AI story submissions. http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/


500 AI submissions and it's not even the end of February.

Dudes, stop using AI. Don't even experiment with it. You're teaching it how to be better at making editors' and writers' jobs worse.


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Wow, that Clarkeworld article is wild.

Someone responded to the Twitter link with this link: https://gptzero.me/

I put in a few paragraphs from one of my stories and the result was, "Your story is likely to have been written entirely by a human." I imagine even these detection websites won't be able to keep up with everything going on out there.

I would think that the people who are actually using the AI for writing are just trying to win money, which won't kill short fiction writing, but it does make it frustrating for those of us who want to compete with other humans.
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Originally posted by taaaylor taaaylor wrote:

Clarkesworld just closed their submissions due to being inundated with AI story submissions. http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/


Ugh!! Unreal! Just today in my day job I was told that I document I'm creating is also being created by an AI as a test. I'm literally competing against the freaking AI for a job I already have. The AI will complain less.
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