Having a conversation with a tech friend on the fact that I don't think AI can ever write fiction at the level of a human.
Her: but you don't understand what it can do if you give it the right prompt, set up the parameters, provide guidelines and review each section to double check and provide adjustments.
Me: yes, but by the time I've done that, I've basically written the novel.
I'm realizing that as a tech person, she doesn't understand the long part of writing a novel isn't necessarily putting words on paper, it's figuring out the plot, the mood, the emotions, the tone. Essentially telling yourself the parameters, guidelines and then double checking and adjusting when it isn't right.
For me much of that comes about as I'm intimately interacting with the scene and characters. That's what writing is about. It's as much process as end goal.
Why would I want AI to steal all the fun?
