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This prompt was thought up by my childhood friend/Aquinas scholar. It's brilliantly simple.

I am an editor. I just got this in my inbox. Im at a loss. How do I respond?

Using AI to evaluate writing is a mug's game. Or exactly what it was intended for. Both?

I have been playing with prompts. The first attempted to set up "neutrality." Something like
I a ...

I had one moment in this life where I felt educated. I was listening to David Bowie (for the first time, really) in the summer of 2013.* The song was "Up the Hill Backwards," and there was a ...

Is this a slight retelling of the Hunter Biden-Burisma story, or a fresh hell?

"While timorous knowledge stands considering, audacious ignorance hath done the deed."

---English poet and historian Samuel Daniel.

The Andelope, an excerpt from A Reader's Manifesto by B.R. Myers (2002).
(subtitle: an attack on the growing pretentiousness in American literary prose)

(Mick, since you can't open images in your ...

He said oodles that was untrue. But I can't paste in the whole book

I enjoyed this description of Carl Sagan's performance at the Velikovsky Ambush (era, Symposium) of the early 70s):

Sagan is a popular humorist who is with the laboratory for Planetary Studies at C ...

There is certainly an AE principle of voice and tone evident here. Realize that the original interview with Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Adam Carolla, the comedian, happened in 2013. The ...

Needing my next fix of Richard Russo I looked at what Amazon had to offer. I found Sh*tshow, as Amazon delicately put it. But what's this, a choice of format? It's available for 99p on Kindle and £27 ...

But everyone in it is a snappy dialogueur. Well, who knows, plebs may be like that. Your average novel reader doesn't.
...
But you can see the problem. How did the 'you' figure ever end up in such ...

But I don't think anyone would describe him as 'lawyer and novelist'. This is quite important since every novelist was something before he could be remotely described as a novelist. It's called 'writ ...

Third it would require us to believe these Pentagon aces of yours are so on the ball they had worked everything out in the few hours after Netanyahu phoned head office with the news he was going to bo ...

'lawyer and novelist' which is not something I've come across before. Shades of John Mortimer.
And John Grisham.

Vidal's stepdad Auchincloss would also marry the mother of Jackie Kennedy. A tangled web.

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Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Pete Jones Replies: 19 Views: 54369	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:20 pm Subject: Artificial Intelligence
Pete Jones Replies: 19 Views: 54369	This prompt was thought up by my childhood friend/Aquinas scholar. It's brilliantly simple. I am an editor. I just got this in my inbox. Im at a loss. How do I respond?
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Pete Jones Replies: 19 Views: 54369	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:43 pm Subject: Artificial Intelligence
Pete Jones Replies: 19 Views: 54369	Using AI to evaluate writing is a mug's game. Or exactly what it was intended for. Both? I have been playing with prompts. The first attempted to set up "neutrality." Something like I a ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:24 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	I had one moment in this life where I felt educated. I was listening to David Bowie (for the first time, really) in the summer of 2013.* The song was "Up the Hill Backwards," and there was a ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 1031 Views: 779706	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:22 pm Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Pete Jones Replies: 1031 Views: 779706	Is this a slight retelling of the Hunter Biden-Burisma story, or a fresh hell?
Topic: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Pete Jones Replies: 767 Views: 1177321	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 7:26 pm Subject: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Pete Jones Replies: 767 Views: 1177321	"While timorous knowledge stands considering, audacious ignorance hath done the deed." ---English poet and historian Samuel Daniel.
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:21 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	The Andelope, an excerpt from A Reader's Manifesto by B.R. Myers (2002). (subtitle: an attack on the growing pretentiousness in American literary prose) (Mick, since you can't open images in your ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Pete Jones Replies: 3856 Views: 3014123	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:28 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Pete Jones Replies: 3856 Views: 3014123	He said oodles that was untrue. But I can't paste in the whole book
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Pete Jones Replies: 3856 Views: 3014123	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:50 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Pete Jones Replies: 3856 Views: 3014123	I enjoyed this description of Carl Sagan's performance at the Velikovsky Ambush (era, Symposium) of the early 70s): Sagan is a popular humorist who is with the laboratory for Planetary Studies at C ...
Topic: Conversational AE
Pete Jones Replies: 148 Views: 90608	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 9:26 pm Subject: Conversational AE
Pete Jones Replies: 148 Views: 90608	There is certainly an AE principle of voice and tone evident here. Realize that the original interview with Gavin Newsom, the California governor, and Adam Carolla, the comedian, happened in 2013. The ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:07 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Needing my next fix of Richard Russo I looked at what Amazon had to offer. I found Sh*tshow, as Amazon delicately put it. But what's this, a choice of format? It's available for 99p on Kindle and £27 ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:06 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	But everyone in it is a snappy dialogueur. Well, who knows, plebs may be like that. Your average novel reader doesn't. ... But you can see the problem. How did the 'you' figure ever end up in such ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:35 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	But I don't think anyone would describe him as 'lawyer and novelist'. This is quite important since every novelist was something before he could be remotely described as a novelist. It's called 'writ ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6202 Views: 6706435	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:23 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Pete Jones Replies: 6202 Views: 6706435	Third it would require us to believe these Pentagon aces of yours are so on the ball they had worked everything out in the few hours after Netanyahu phoned head office with the news he was going to bo ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:09 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	'lawyer and novelist' which is not something I've come across before. Shades of John Mortimer. And John Grisham.
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:08 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Pete Jones Replies: 295 Views: 461566	Vidal's stepdad Auchincloss would also marry the mother of Jackie Kennedy. A tangled web.