"is using those all that different than taking rewrites from an editor?"
Yes, because an editor is a human being. Therefore an editor's suggestions are *intended.* Nothing an AI says is intended because there is no human being there to intend it. Without a communicator, there is no communication. Without a speaker, there is no speech. Do you see? Presenting a speakerless non-speech as if it were speech, as if it were the response of a human person to a *felt reality,* is a lie and a betrayal.
I definitely hear you. But I do think it's worth probing why we don't have those same taboos in other fields. Is design not also an art form? Why is it okay to use AI to design a webpage and call it your own?
I would apply the same caveat to any artistic expression.
Using AI to build a spreadsheet, fine: pure mathematical function, fine. Anywhere we feel or anticipate the presence of a human intention, not fine. We can (and I think will) go down that road, and it will not be good for us, and it will not end well.
"is using those all that different than taking rewrites from an editor?"
Yes, because an editor is a human being. Therefore an editor's suggestions are *intended.* Nothing an AI says is intended because there is no human being there to intend it. Without a communicator, there is no communication. Without a speaker, there is no speech. Do you see? Presenting a speakerless non-speech as if it were speech, as if it were the response of a human person to a *felt reality,* is a lie and a betrayal.
I definitely hear you. But I do think it's worth probing why we don't have those same taboos in other fields. Is design not also an art form? Why is it okay to use AI to design a webpage and call it your own?
I would apply the same caveat to any artistic expression.
Using AI to build a spreadsheet, fine: pure mathematical function, fine. Anywhere we feel or anticipate the presence of a human intention, not fine. We can (and I think will) go down that road, and it will not be good for us, and it will not end well.
As for music? I am ready to go Uncle Ted on it.