The Pen vs. The Machine: A Writer's Perspective on the Rise of AI

"What does it mean?"

That's the question that echoes in my mind every time our AI dev, Oru, deciphers the latest advances in AI for me. But it's not the technology I'm questioning. It's not the algorithms or the code. It's the implications. It's the future. It's us.

"Are we going to be okay?"

As a writer, the rise of AI can feel like a storm brewing. There's a machine that can write the way I write. It's a chilling thought. And with each new AI development, those fears and doubts are amplified.

“Will I still have a job in the future? Will my work still matter in a world saturated with AI-generated content?”

The truth is, I don't know. What I do know is that AI is a giant wave of change that is already 100 feet tall and growing. And the only thing that my gut is telling me is: ride the wave or be crushed by it.

This isn't a fatalist message to make you worry. On the contrary, we are on the cusp of a revolution and evolution, and that’s always a future worth being excited about.

And although the tech is not without its faults, and there's still much to figure out…amidst these questions, I understand we’ve been given a blank canvas and an opportunity to explore a new frontier, and in this playful curiosity, shape the future.

📸 Kyle Goodrich is working on a camera with an AI image generator that will turn a point-and-shoot photo into an AI-generated image with just one click.

🖌️ Óscar Bartolomé masterfully crafted a short film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz,' infusing it with the dreamlike style of Salvador Dali.

🛠️ Oruga420 has ingeniously linked OpenAI and Salesforce to enable the generation of a Salesforce user directly from a Jira ticket URL.

👹 Reddit user /memory_for_sale took a walk through his imagination and encountered some interesting characters.

Matt Shumer and the folks at @HyperWriteAI discreetly changed the world yesterday — they unveiled a chrome extension with an AI agent that can take action on the web for you. Think booking flights, ordering a pizza, or maneuvering through complicated software. You might want to remember what you did yesterday cause this is one for the books.

One 3D language to rule them all — Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Nvidia, and Pixar have joined forces to promote Pixar's Universal Scene Description (USD) as the standard for large-scale 3D projects. The Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) aims to streamline the 3D content creation industry by promoting a standard language for describing 3D scenes.

Meta's new symphony in the open-source space: Audiocraft — Meta has introduced Audiocraft, an open-source AI framework that generates realistic audio and music from text prompts. Despite some limitations and ethical questions, it opens new avenues for musical inspiration and experimentation. Commercial use, while not encouraged, isn't outright banned.

OpenAI trademarked "GPT5", is this a glimpse of the future? — the AI giant filed a trademark application for "GPT-5," sparking speculation and debate about the development of a more advanced language model, and to the elusive goal of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), an AI system that could potentially perform any intellectual task a human can. OpenAI has neither confirmed or denied the rumors.

Picture this: You're navigating the vast ocean of AI, a compass in one hand and a map in the other. But what if you had a seasoned guide to help you chart your course?

We've curated a selection of sage advice from the Twitterverse, offering practical insights on how to approach working with AI.

For more nuggets of wisdom, check out this Twitter thread.

If you want to get lost in a creative space for a while, give this prompt a try.

Courtesy of @Nerbts

Prompt: Stencil print Minimalist, [subject], Risograph glitch, poster.

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