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bubster15 t1_j4p9j7a wrote

Reply to comment by VictoryObvious6612 in How long until an AI is able to write a book? by Educational_Grab_473

After messing with it, my impression was it does feels far off, but it may honestly just be 1 or 2 more orders of magnitude away for computing power and it could happen fast. At the end of the day, I was extremely impressed.

I don’t think it’s unrealistic to imagine AI becoming 100x more powerful than today, more a question of when not if. Just my opinion!

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VictoryObvious6612 t1_j4pacux wrote

Computing power isn't the barrier.

The barrier is that really good writing relies on experiences and emotions. I don't doubt an algorithm could churn out a passable Hardy Boys mystery by 2050. A procedural that sticks to a basic template with basic characters and no themes to speak of.

But an AI writing something along the lines of Blood Meridian, I am quite confident saying this will literally never happen. Not unless we get fully sentient robots like Data from Star Trek.

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GreatBigJerk t1_j4qm9ko wrote

Creative writing is a learned skill. It's not some magic thing that's unachievable by AI.

Deniers act like ChatGPT is where AI development ends, as if what we have right now is proof that we are incapable of making something more complex. This is just a step to something bigger.

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