Bruce Byfield@Prentice Pieces: Querying TBR

Querying The Bone Ransom, my post-colonial fantasy. For a free download of related poems, see

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@patmart100 @SketchesbyBoze I gather that you use "bullshit" as short-hand for "a good argument that I can't disprove". 😀

Either improve your discourse or don't bother responding to me.

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@patmart100 @SketchesbyBoze I'm a Dickens fan, too, as it happens. But I don't mistake my preferences for universals.

The French Revolution was in Dicken's past. On current affairs Dickens is as mute as Austen (who refers to the Napoleonic Wars in Persuasion, & to slave plantations in Mansfield Park)

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@patmart100 @SketchesbyBoze Dickens never says anything about the Crimean War or the Indian Mutiny, so he's no different from Austen. And his upper class people are clearly not drawn from life, although they are enjoyable.

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@SketchesbyBoze People who have never read Austen sometimes have the vague idea that she is merely an early romance writer. So, if they ever read Austen, that may be all they see.

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The sooner more people learn to detect AI, the quicker AI can be marginalized in the arts.

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@OsitaNwanevu Maybe so, but are the answers accurate or any better they can easily get elsewhere?

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@Rahll To be charitable (although why, I don't know), they are in such awe of AI, they can't understand why someone woukdn't share their fascination.

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@tumiszn_ Well, we already know from their results that many of the pro-AI people have limited imaginations.

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@NikoleCallihan I only hope for other writers. I don't assume they'll appear.

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Sometimes, I find that the simplest solution is just a change of attitude.

When I’m down about my writing, I don’t condemn it (or myself) as garbage.

I think, “Hmn, still needs a lot of work.”

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Finding the start to a new chapter is a pleasure that never grows old.

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I just saw an online ad from a supplier “of all your Viking needs.” I must bookmark that in case I feel like renting a longship and invading England.

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Yes, AI content is produced faster than mine.

But then a Mcdonald’s hamburger is produced faster than a dinner at a restaurant with three Michelin stars.

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@Ipherial1 Am I afraid of falling behind if I don’t use AI?

Not really. I'm ahead in imagination, quality, and integrity.

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@John_Bummit "behinnnndddd"? Ooh, scary!

I'm ahead in imagination, quality, and integrity.

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“You can’t edit a blank page,” I often hear.

True enough. And I understand why the advice is given.

But it’s also true that editing a bad page can be a waste of time.

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@TonyPajama I can sense the incredulity in the OP at the thought that anyone would not use AI. That's an impoverished mind.

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@DeanaXburke You can't expect the product of statistical averages to produce memorable art.

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Writing tonight, I badly wanted a synonym for "jeweler" that sounded more medieval, but none seemed suitable. So I settled for "bangles merchant."

Which made me realize than men in this culture tie charms in their beards.

Of such needs and whims are worlds born. 🤣

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@PapiiL0rd Your theory would explain why many AI users post slop and post about how good it is.