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If you have any questions about the making of the book, please feel free to write me. Not all of the highlighted passages were written in conjunction with AI—just Charlotte's poetry, and the "regular" text that appears in highlight. (None of Charlotte's chat dialogue.) And all of it was heavily edited by me. I chose to use the AI in ways that, to me, made the text richer and more thought-provoking, not as any kind of short-cut or cheat.
Hey, thanks for clarifying Sean! First of all, I tend to write reviews right after I finish a book as a way to sort out my thoughts- and this book definitely made me think!
My main confusion was exactly that- which parts were written with AI and how- so I think an author’s note at the beginning or end explaining your process (and why it was meaningful to you to use AI) would have been really interesting and helpful. I’m curious, for example, how you prompted the AI to get the “regular” highlighted text. This was my knee-jerk response to seeing the acknowledgments, which altered how I felt about the whole book up until that point. After sleeping on it I can definitely appreciate the editing factor and can say wholeheartedly that I did really love the book and your writing. I also believe I misread the acknowledgements and thought all of Charlotte’s dialogue, not just her poetry, was written with AI, so that does change things as well!
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Apr 04, 2024 07:05AM
If you have any questions about the making of the book, please feel free to write me. Not all of the highlighted passages were written in conjunction with AI—just Charlotte's poetry, and the "regular" text that appears in highlight. (None of Charlotte's chat dialogue.) And all of it was heavily edited by me. I chose to use the AI in ways that, to me, made the text richer and more thought-provoking, not as any kind of short-cut or cheat.
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Hey, thanks for clarifying Sean! First of all, I tend to write reviews right after I finish a book as a way to sort out my thoughts- and this book definitely made me think! My main confusion was exactly that- which parts were written with AI and how- so I think an author’s note at the beginning or end explaining your process (and why it was meaningful to you to use AI) would have been really interesting and helpful. I’m curious, for example, how you prompted the AI to get the “regular” highlighted text. This was my knee-jerk response to seeing the acknowledgments, which altered how I felt about the whole book up until that point. After sleeping on it I can definitely appreciate the editing factor and can say wholeheartedly that I did really love the book and your writing. I also believe I misread the acknowledgements and thought all of Charlotte’s dialogue, not just her poetry, was written with AI, so that does change things as well!
