How did I learn to write? I read, read, read. Good books, bad books, long books, short stories. I have my favourite authors. Read, read, read. Absorbed the words, the ideas, the pacing, the tone. Fell in love with words, turns of phrase, quirky characters, surprise endings, heart-melting scenes, snappy dialogue, slow burn romance, white-knuckle suspense-all achieved by merely string words….I attended conferences. Practiced. Attended workshops. Shared my work with other writers in writers groups. Read, read, read. How do we learn to write? Read! Am I a plagiarist? Nope- just here to enjoy someone’s words and grow as a writer.
I considered what you said about synthetic data and the novelty of understanding original authorship. I would sometimes play chess alone as a child and it is not enjoyable or meaningful. There is something about generating endless streams of data that is only relevant to the generating entity and is of little use for much else without very specific constraints. Counter to that when we author or create a work, produce an imagined world or any piece of action like a meaningful interaction we have the ability to provide a set of circumstances and experiences that may not be unique but may be referential. We are at the cusp of an age not of intelligence but of imagination because intelligence alone has limited catalysts and to imagine anything is the spark of creation. We can and will have the mechanisms to create in ways never achieved until now if we build the structures to do so. This is not limited to a small clique of writers it is open to each and every entity that exists and we can share that process further into the future than any other.
Hi - I found this a super-informed and interesting podcast, particularly the copyright point about text generation derived from small language chunks, and the uses you are finding. Thank you for such an informed discussion. I also agree with Ronnie above about reading and learning, think on that basis, a legal case might struggle to put clear water between human and AI skill acquisition, apart from speed of processing!
Hi Joanna, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but here's a 'heads up' regarding your revisit to the Pergamon museum. It will need to be put on ice because parts of the Pergamon are closed until 2027 and the rest of it, including the Ishtar Gate, is completely closed for renovations until around 2037.
OH NO!!!!! Thanks for letting me know. I had not even looked at opening times etc. I will have to try some other wonderful place for my museum fix. Berlin has so many options of course - do you have any favourites?
How did I learn to write? I read, read, read. Good books, bad books, long books, short stories. I have my favourite authors. Read, read, read. Absorbed the words, the ideas, the pacing, the tone. Fell in love with words, turns of phrase, quirky characters, surprise endings, heart-melting scenes, snappy dialogue, slow burn romance, white-knuckle suspense-all achieved by merely string words….I attended conferences. Practiced. Attended workshops. Shared my work with other writers in writers groups. Read, read, read. How do we learn to write? Read! Am I a plagiarist? Nope- just here to enjoy someone’s words and grow as a writer.
I considered what you said about synthetic data and the novelty of understanding original authorship.
I would sometimes play chess alone as a child and it is not enjoyable or meaningful. There is something about generating endless streams of data that is only relevant to the generating entity and is of little use for much else without very specific constraints.
Counter to that when we author or create a work, produce an imagined world or any piece of action like a meaningful interaction we have the ability to provide a set of circumstances and experiences that may not be unique but may be referential. We are at the cusp of an age not of intelligence but of imagination because intelligence alone has limited catalysts and to imagine anything is the spark of creation. We can and will have the mechanisms to create in ways never achieved until now if we build the structures to do so. This is not limited to a small clique of writers it is open to each and every entity that exists and we can share that process further into the future than any other.
Hi - I found this a super-informed and interesting podcast, particularly the copyright point about text generation derived from small language chunks, and the uses you are finding. Thank you for such an informed discussion. I also agree with Ronnie above about reading and learning, think on that basis, a legal case might struggle to put clear water between human and AI skill acquisition, apart from speed of processing!
Glad you found it useful, Jules!
Hi Joanna, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but here's a 'heads up' regarding your revisit to the Pergamon museum. It will need to be put on ice because parts of the Pergamon are closed until 2027 and the rest of it, including the Ishtar Gate, is completely closed for renovations until around 2037.
OH NO!!!!! Thanks for letting me know. I had not even looked at opening times etc. I will have to try some other wonderful place for my museum fix. Berlin has so many options of course - do you have any favourites?