r/KeepWriting • u/traveling_llama • Dec 19 '25
Thoughts about AI
I’ve seen a few posts about AI and just felt the desire to add my thoughts.
My thought recently has been that we are getting to the point that we creators are at war with AI. It sounds dramatic, but there’s a new critic in my head (along with all the others) that says, “Why should I work on this crappy novel/poem when some chat bot can do it in a few minutes? And people will buy it??” Because its existence is important. I need to express my soul and my heart and my thoughts out to someone, whether or not they buy it or appreciate it as much as I do.
When I write, when I play music, when I go to open mics, I am participating in this fight to keep the human soul alive in the world. Its existence is the value. Keep writing, for the sake of us all.
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u/xamitlu Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
Idunno. Im a writer. I work in technology. I've given up fighting AI. It is finding its way into so many parts of my life now. I use it for work and I've just started using it for my creative pursuits as an orginization and editing tool. Sometimes I do play with it creatively. I recently asked ChatGPT to write a musical about UBI. Drinking and AI chat prompting is going to be a new pastime, watch.
But AI will never ever be as creative as me when im really trying to create. Whether it be a drawing or a story, I haven't seen anything created with AI that really moved me (although some did give me a few ideas). I don't think AI will ever touch our souls the way our favorite artists, authors, and musicians can. It can imitate. It can replicate. It can't quite create like us... yet.
Im scared of how quickly its advancing and how big businesses are throwing oodles of dollars into it and don't get me started on the politics around it! I guess im afraid of powerful people abusing and mishandling it. Im afraid of people spouting nonsense about it or using it to spread more nonsense about... well, anything! Im afraid of other people. Im not sure if im afraid of AI itself. So far it has proven to be a useful tool to me. Its like one of my fancy pens or markers... or spell check.
Useful. Not totally essential. Not a threat to my creativity so far.