Neil Camp

Writer in training - fiction - poetry- figuring things out - along for the ride
#newwriter #reader #poet #n00b

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I am on the mailing list for Jane Friedman. She has excellent articles on the publishing industry. Some of her content has spent some in-depth time on the rise of AI. I read her most recent email, and here is a quote that stood out

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Scary AI stuff from the Authors Guild

"Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out of Work"

#ai #piracy #authorsguild

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@goodreads Dune

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Is AI worth the theft, resource-hogging data centers, and hallucinations?

#ai
#datacenters

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Which one?

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I am ready for the weekend with more football and some reading sprinkled in.

#football
#amreading

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I am complaining so much about #Dune. I need to zip it and read it.

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Friday Poem

#poems #Poem
#haiku
#amwriting

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@Angelamac33367 I know how you feel. I have thought about leaving too, for bluer pictures.

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@DesireBornApp I like the way you think. Cliffhangers drive me crazy. I am not sure I agree with the romance part of the book, but it wasn't atrocious.

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I just finished "Quicksilver." I hate to admit it, but I have to read the next book, "Brimstone." I do not like the romance part of "Quicksilver" at all, but the fantasy part of the book is fun, and it ended on a cliffhanger. I hate it when authors do that. On to Dune.

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bonjour

#goodmorning
#coffee
#happyfriday

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We are talking about over a billion (with a B) settlement with authors. OpenAI is next. For those in the writing industry, I strongly suggest you keep an eye on this, considering the battle over AI in original content.

#ai #anthropic #piracy

[Neil Camp @_neilcamp_]

I am on the mailing list for Jane Friedman. She has excellent articles on the publishing industry. Some of her content has spent some in-depth time on the rise of AI. I read her most recent email, and here is a quote that stood out

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"A Microsoft director calling AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”"

This is regarding the settlements over AI scraping of pirated content with the big AI players. I highly recommend reading about the recent settlement with Anthropic.

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I hate starting a book and not finishing it. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a book that I just cannot finish. It is too boring to get through. Hemingway is supposed to be one of America's best authors. Is he, though? Dune might be next.

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I decided to put "Red Rising" and "Too Big to Fail" on my hold list. "Red Rising" has 46 people in front of me. "Too Big to Fail" has far fewer people on the wait list. I want to sprinkle in some nonfiction every so often.

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So far, "Dune" has been hard to read. I am not enjoying it, but I am going to give it a chance. Sometimes books take time to get going.

#amreading
#dune
#scifi

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azǎn ɖagbe

#goodmorning
#coffee
#happythursday

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Thursday Poem

#poems #poem
#poetry
#haiku
#amwriting

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I am going to start reading "Dune" by Frank Herbert at the same time as my current book. I did not realize it was a 6 book series. I thought it was 3. I will see if I am going to read the whole series after finishing the first book.

#dune
#amreading

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