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Yeah seriously, the way AI is presented by the companies vs. what it actually can do is a pretty stark difference.

I write as a hobby and I've been trying out some AI writing aids just for the hell of it. There are a couple I quite like and which mimic my writing style almost creepily well, but they can't generate more than a sentence or two without falling into total gibberish. And even then, the coherent output they do provide still requires heavy editing to make it fit.

I'm quite enjoying the two, though. Its nice, when you've been stuck on one sentence or description for ten minutes, to have a button you can click that gives you something. I rarely wind up using the AI suggestion, but I've found it really helps to get some random outside stimulus. But that's kinda all it can do. The promises that it can make your work sound like it was written by Hemmingway or Prachett are at best wishful thinking, and it just can't write a novel for you yet, despite what these companies claim.

Idk, this is rambling on a bit so I'll cut it short: I think my point is that current AI is just another tool, and one that can be quite nice in certain circumstances once you've learned how to use it. And that the real root problem here is NaNoWriMo getting monetized by the silicon valley bastards association.

thanks for the notice! I’ll make sure David sees this and do some poking around as well. by any chance, were you able to see if any other circumstances.run accounts show the same error?

eh, their loss, my account is where it's at for quality tech ranting. hachyderm is a bit like programming.dev but for mastodon.