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Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren's avatar

I don't know about not having to worry about your job. Here is Jack and Jill, in the style of Michael Marshall Smith, by ChatGTP:

Jack sat smoking on the hill,

Jill lay dying, blood to spill.

He watched as she took her final breath,

And laughed as she met her grisly death.

The pail of water lay forgotten,

As Jack's mind was truly rotten.

He cared not for the woman he'd loved,

And with her death, he felt unburdened.

The smoke curled lazily around his face,

As he reveled in his newfound space.

But soon enough he'd pay the price,

For death would come, without advice.

Perhaps he'd fall off the hill,

Or choke on his cigarette still.

Whatever fate had in store for Jack,

He knew his end was drawing near, no turning back.

So let this be a lesson learned,

For those with evil hearts that churn.

There's no escaping death's embrace,

No matter how much you try to replace.

So, let us mourn poor Jill's fate,

And hope that Jack, before it's too late,

Will see the error of his ways,

And find redemption in his final days.

I'll be in Australia, unreachable by any device known to man, for the next three months.

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COLETTE WILLIS's avatar

I'm close to the coalface on this one - I ghostwrite YA fantasy novels based on a fairly strict template and chapter outline. I just finished a trilogy and I'm thinking it will be my last; why WOULDN'T the publisher dispense with the writer entirely in this kind of scenario? So I've been considering the implications a lot, in the midst of my existential crisis. I know there are things I bring to the books I write that nobody else would, but what does that mean if software can reproduce these kinds of quirks of style? And what does it say about creativity in general? What is the point of artistic endeavor anymore, if an AI can do it just as well? (I wasn't kidding about the existential crisis...) Looking forward to reading more about what you think.

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