THE Group for Authors! discussion

How bad is the concept of publishing a book of just ChatGPT chats, really? Even if the conversations are really interesting, I am wondering if this concept is a terrible idea. I'm open to any and all criticism. I'm thinking of taking the book down to be honest, or just write in a pen name after this.

Bad, IMO. but if you don't do it, somebody else will and likely already has so you better promote your book fast. Soon there will be thousands and the novelty will have worn off. Or the technology will have moved on to something even better.

I think there’s a lot of people out there that are curious about chatGPT but I don’t know enough about computers or are too afraid to try it. You may have a huge market that you didn’t even realize was out there. And, if you do it well enough and enjoy it, you may be able to get a series out of it the next time something amazing comes out. :) Plus, I believe our inspiration comes from somewhere other than our conscious minds, so you never know how you could use this or need this in the future. It may be part of a perfectly laid plan, as long as you act on all the promptings that you get. Whatever, however, you do it, be proud of yourself that you had the courage to do it in the first place. You never know how something that you put out into the world may touch another person. What you may think is silly, may have a huge impact on someone. And, lastly, who are we to judge something that could be divinely inspired? I hope that helps or at least is a bit of food for thought. And, I think it’s a great idea. :) I hope that you get everything that you need from the experience. <3

I made up a few of my own conversations with Mr. GPT for the interview segment on my blog, so the only AI was my spellcheck 😁

It's not really my category, but if it were categorized as humor, highlighting the idiosyncrasies of Chat GPT, it could sell. I don't know that much about the foibles of AI chats, but I have sometimes put up the auto generated subtitles in English while watching an English language program and the way the generated program renders the dialogue is frequently wrong and often hilarious.

My book is free right now for anyone who wants to read it.

As if we need more books. We don't. There are plenty of books out there, plenty of really good books that will never get read because there are just too many books and not enough time to read them.

As if original books written by human beings, created from lived experiences and well crafted and well reviewed aren't enough! As if we need this AI gimmick clogging up people's attentions. WE don't. What is the point of creating this diversion? Answer that yourself, I don't want to know.

By that logic no one else should be writing their books either, right?
But I understand where the negative sentiment comes, especially from other authors. To spend years and years on a book only to have friends and family buy it (personal experience here) is more disheartening than having a book written in a few weeks with the same result. But just because I "wrote" the book in a few weeks doesn't mean that's how much work I put into it. I've had and refined my speculations for years and years, and never could find a good format for them. Now I found one, lost in a sea of unheard voices.

What machine/AI can duplicate the depth, pathos and imagination of the human MIND? Of CONSCIOUSNESS.

A serious writer can explore and experience the Wonder of being - You. Your imagination. Of living an alternate life. Writing is a way of finding yourself. Coming to grips with buried pain. Reliving the love, the fun, the fear. All of it anyway you choose.

Writing Non Fiction or Historical Fiction, or fact laden stories can increase your knowledge and wisdom. Discover things you never knew. For example -

Did you know that Vampire fangs and blood-sucking were added by the media, hundreds of years AFTER the historical Dracula's time? (died 1477). Balkan vampires were Strigoi - energy sucking phantoms, the restless undead who came night after night to suck out your life energy...

In Romania they call Dracula - `The First Victim of Propaganda'. But hey Dark Tourism is big money. The amazing number of tourists who come to Romania just to see Dracula's Castle in Transylvania, etc. Dracula was Wallachian not Transylvanian. He never set foot in that castle, which was owned by the ruling Habsburgs. BUT the Romanian govt. needed a Gothic castle with a dungeon and suitably horrifying torture room.

Today's media has created Vampires as our new gods - they can fly, move faster than a speeding bullet, are beautiful and strong. Plus vampires are RICH because being immortal makes it easy to bet on the stock market. All you have to do is suck a little BLoo-od.

Even King Charles wants a piece of the action - `I am Dracula's Direct Descendant. Transylvania is in my BLOOD, you could say I have a STAKE in it'. He says with a broad smirk.

He's not kidding either. Charles bought a whole village in Transylvania, (Viscri) and visits there `often'. Something about `preserving the Transylvanian Way of Life'.

Cue the wolf howl...ohwoooo...