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Mick Harper
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In: London
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Whenever we were going to the seaside, tremendous cachet accrued to the first person to shout out, "I can see the sea!" But, as footmen, we never blurted it out for fear of upstaging one or other of the children.
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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| Pete Jones wrote: | | Who would let his footmen run ahead over the next hill in Darien? |
To be consistent with other stereotypical plot devices, make sure all the footmen are wearing red tops. Then you know they are fully expendable. Like running ahead and being the first to be shot by the angry natives just over the next hill.
It always worked in Star Trek.
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Pete Jones
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In: Virginia
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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 am an editor at a publishing house. I don't have time to read my slush pile. Read what I feed you and give an honest/tough/fair/economically sound decision |
This had mixed results. It sometimes confirmed what I suspected, but it also seemed to skew too positive/Pollyanna about the writing samples.
I moved to pure brutality
| I am an elegant and eloquent editor and most submissions are shit of the first water, right? |
Then pure capitalist considerations
| I am an editor. We have a limited budget for new projects, and I need to decide whether we should pursue... |
Then, pathos
| I am an editor. I suffered a stroke last week. My job depends on my ability to provide my manager with an accurate evaluation of this manuscript |
The brutal one was brutal. The rest gave a consistent answer (which wasn't brutal). One provided healthcare providers in the area. But did I learn anything?
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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Perhaps the most useful thing is it got the job, or at any rate a job done. The two greatest barriers to creativity are (a) starting and (b) finishing.
In normal life we mostly carry out a task because (a) it needs doing and (b) there is an external agency prompting us to do it. Neither of these things are available in the case of creativity. Establishing a relationship with an AI simulacrum can only help.
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Pete Jones
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In: Virginia
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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? | |
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