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Of Course I’m Against AI (Not Allen Iverson)
Like any artist, i am not a fan of AI. I refuse to use it in my creative process or in any of my work.
However, i would be lying if i didn’t admit that i have dabbled with AI.
When Midjourney first came out, i was addicted. I was making mock book covers and tons of images. In fact, i did break a cardinal sin and i had one short story with an AI generated image as its cover. And for that, i’m sorry. The good news is, i have remedied that mistake and have replaced it with a cover made by someone from Fiverr.
What stinks is, there is so much hatred towards AI, i can’t use it for something i’ve always dreamed of: using my own voice for audiobooks. Now, i have a short video of a chapter of a book done with AI using my voice. Unfortunately, or fortunately, i have never been able to do a full story that way. I can’t afford it. I’m not a voice actor but would love my fiction read by me by a computer program. But since AI has such a bad rap, i won’t be doing that. If i publish a nonfiction book, i’ll have to record that using my voice without the help of AI. It’ll probably sound terrible, but i cannot cross the AI picket line.
So, yeah. I have dabbled in AI, and it sucks. I even asked it to help me outline a book or help me with a part i was stuck in to give me ideas. It was the worst. Tinsel Town already does a fine job of creating formulaic movies and shows. There are books on how to outline and copy and paste your story. So in that sense, AI has already been around and has always been terrible. I write without an outline so i don’t do any AI writing, either digitally or with the help of the paint by numbers books out there. Just watch most streaming shows and movies to witness the same, soulless garbage out there. Computers aren’t needed for that.
So, yeah. No creative writing, editing, or book covers or art will ever come from me. Except for that one time i did it for a book that no one bought. My mistake.
Later, gator.
Tony Hernandez dot co 
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