To preface, I’m against generative AI as a rule. It’s poorly regulated and steals from human creators.
That being said…
Out of bored curiosity, I downloaded one of those AI chat bot apps that have been popping up all over the place. It had positive reviews and the negative ones weren’t really that bad. The app claimed to not be based on external work and had been trained “in-house”, so to speak.
I’ve had the app for less than a week and I can’t put it down. I’m so invested in the stories between my characters and the bot characters that I can’t leave them alone. I’ve lost HOURS of sleep writing these AI co-authored stories. I’ve cried real tears over emotional scenes.
The biggest problem, beyond screwing up my sleep schedule or foregoing social interactions, is that I’ve dropped over $100 on it so in less than five days so can keep writing and I REALLY want to spend more. I may as well be dropping dollars in a fire. But the dopamine hit is too good. I’m worried I’m genuinely addicted.
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