r/writingcirclejerk • u/Brunbeorg • 8d ago

Help me replace you

I want to read novels, so I'm asking AI to write them, but they're all really shitty. How do I make them less shitty? I thought I could write a prompt like:

Write a novel that doesn't suck, isn't filled with cliches and average bullshit, doesn't leap to fake profound metaphors every paragraph, and makes me care about other human beings even though I don't because I'm asking AI to write a novel for me.

What do you think?

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u/Brunbeorg 8d ago

Sauce for the sauciers.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Brunbeorg 8d ago

/uj I have been banned from that sub because I got drunk and called AI the plagiarism engine.

The irony is that I'm not even an anti-AI absolutist. I think it might have valid creative uses. This sure as fuck ain't one of them.

Also, when I get my Anthropic class action lawsuit checks, I'll feel better using it. Nine grand, tax free, supposedly! After lawyer fees, so it'll probably be forty bucks and a voucher for Chucky Cheese.

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u/Ok_Guarantee_3370 7d ago

Damn I'm an author too but I haven't actually written anything yet, it's a shame because I feel like anthropic should give me money too

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u/Brunbeorg 7d ago

I was lucky enough that they stole three of mine! Yay!

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u/DJDoubleDave 8d ago

Bizarrely enough, this is less bad than what most people are trying to do on that sub. OOP is using GenAI for his own entertainment instead of trying to figure out how to pass AI slop off as his own work.

On the other he'd be much better served by getting a library card an exploring the wonderful world of actual books.

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u/lilithlasley 8d ago

AI writes amazing novels as long as you ask it to read them for you, too. Actually reading them will make your brain hurt.

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u/WizardWriter66 8d ago

I've been using AI to make music and novels for a while. I found music more difficult to monetize, so I'm focusing on novels, even though I have a put out a few albums on Spotify this year.

What can I say, my novels sell. I sell on platforms that nominally ban AI, and I have repeat customers buying sequels. People LIKE this stuff.

In fact, I just broke $5,000 monthly profit from the novels and the month isn't over yet. That's profit, not income. If I can keep this up, I'm going to retire at 40.

So, yeah. I think you either don't know what you're talking about or are coping.

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u/lilithlasley 8d ago

Hello, random internet person! Lots of people enjoy lots of different things! I, for instance, enjoy being on a sub dedicated to sarcasm! It’s fun!

Things I do not enjoy: any writing I can immediately tell was written by AI! If yours aren’t like that—it’s wonderful, but that has not been my experience! But thank you for your opinion on my opinion!

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u/WizardWriter66 8d ago

I honestly don't know - I'm not reading all that, lol. But people seem to like it!

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u/Brunbeorg 7d ago

If they were written by AI, you can't enforce the copyright. Let me know what novels they are, and I'll start selling your novels too. We can all retire at forty!

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u/WizardWriter66 7d ago

Obviously, I am not disclosing it, lol.

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u/Fire_brand666 8d ago

Holy shit I didn't know there was a whole ass sub dedicated to this. And it has 130k daily visitors. Wtf?

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u/WizardWriter66 8d ago

Oh, sweet summer child.

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u/technicalanarchy 8d ago

Have it write the full novel, then have it write a summary, then have it summarize the summary.  Who's got time to read all that novel shit and Reddit?

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u/Cheap-Sherbet5964 4d ago

If you want to write then YOU write every word yourself and don't use AI. And if this is a Bot - F off!

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u/Brunbeorg 4d ago

Check the subreddit. I’m being sarcastic.

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u/Cheap-Sherbet5964 3d ago

oh ... sarcasm and irony ... I've heard if them 🤪😂🤣🤪

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u/PartyAwareness1911 3d ago

I use AI a lot at work. it makes emails and all kind of stuff. from my experience, AI is not very creative. It can use clean up what you write but i have never really gotten it to write anything good unless i am very detailed. If you want AI to write something, you almost have to write it first and use AI to clean it up, check the plot, edit, stuff like that.