Re:Ask HN: Was tech always so scammy?
by klibertp on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:03AM
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> seems okish for creative writing
It may seem like that, but it's neither ok nor even okish. Whatever time you save on not writing, you'll lose double that editing, and the end result will be average at best. Of course, average is still better than a sizeable chunk of human population is capable of producing, and sometimes it's enough. For anything of higher quality, it's hard to take it seriously. You can use it as a thesaurus or a dictionary in a bind, or for estimating how your text will be understood by less well-read readers. For creative, but factual writing it's even worse - you never know if it started hallucinating already or will in a moment. I'm not saying it's not useful - in specific circumstances it can be, but the utility for creative writing is, IMO, marginal.
Disclaimer: I'm not a professional writer, but an avid reader. I'd love to be wrong on this and corrected by a real writer :)
It may seem like that, but it's neither ok nor even okish. Whatever time you save on not writing, you'll lose double that editing, and the end result will be average at best. Of course, average is still better than a sizeable chunk of human population is capable of producing, and sometimes it's enough. For anything of higher quality, it's hard to take it seriously. You can use it as a thesaurus or a dictionary in a bind, or for estimating how your text will be understood by less well-read readers. For creative, but factual writing it's even worse - you never know if it started hallucinating already or will in a moment. I'm not saying it's not useful - in specific circumstances it can be, but the utility for creative writing is, IMO, marginal.
Disclaimer: I'm not a professional writer, but an avid reader. I'd love to be wrong on this and corrected by a real writer :)