AI in the Creative Industries
AI is an eating machine. Techs program it. Feed it our experiences. Teach it how to output. It’s an amalgamation of everybody who interacts with it – a cannibal who takes our industry, and then through algorithms and probability, generates its own material. But that material is built on our creativity, our originality, and our endeavour. What a fucking crock. But here’s something else to consider … Isn’t that just us also? Parents produce us. Environment programs us – parents, sibling, teachers, friends, strangers. We’re a product of all these constructs, which then forms the way we think, and shapes how we navigate life. Occasionally, our behaviour might schism, although usually…
The Writing Vulnerability
You know what a natural habitat for predators is? The indie publishing landscape. Yep. They’re after YOU. The predators will prey on your inexperience, exploit your naivety, and profit from your dreams. But you wouldn’t know any better, because predators aren’t vaudevillians. They don’t twirl handlebar moustaches and dress in black. They cloak their intentions with a smile, charm and seduce you with what you want to hear, and befriend you so that you couldn’t possibly imagine them ever wronging you. They will, however, if given the chance. And they exist in every facet of your writing journey. A Quick Aside on Rights and Royalties Self-publishing is a derivation of…