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Originally Posted by 3rd rock
I am feeling extremely depressed due to my inability to succeed as an author. I am trying to work on a new project, but the passion is gone. However, I must continue because if I don't write then I have nothing in life, no hopes, no dreams, no aspirations except to get out of bed in the morning and go back to bed in the evening, just depressing, crippling mediocrity. Also, I have a strange rash that won't go away. I'm trying to apply an over-the-counter cream to it. I'll see if that works. If it doesn't, I'll have to see a doctor about it.
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These are hard times for authors. Strangely enough, my boss from a couple decades ago was recently in the news -- he was forced to suspend submissions to his sci-fi magazine because of all the fake AI-generated stories sent to his publication. (He was my boss when I was worked at a computer help desk, but he founded his own publishing business a while back.)
I don't know whether all the ChatGPT stuff is involved here, but it seems to be killing the publishing business with low-quality, AI-faked mediocre content. If you can outdo this with real content, you might have a foot in the door (and possibly snowballing success).