#AI as a tool

[batsybat91]

Sometimes I worry people will think I use AI (except Grammarly) to write for me. I've been writing for ten whole years, and I learned how to write formally before creatively. Now that I'm in college, it's hard to turn off the switch in my brain. I have a fairly large lexicon, and because I'm a science student, I have to know how to write like I'm writing a textbook. So, whenever I post a fanfiction, I'm worried someone will comment and be like "This is AI - boycott BatsyBat."

I've been flagged for AI usage in school before because of the way I write. I swear to you, the only AI I use is as a tool. Because that is what it should be. A tool. I don't think AI should do your work for you in any shape or form.

However, I think AI can be useful for other things. For example, I saw an article about how they're using AI to help people with Locked-In Syndrome communicate. I think that's beautiful! People also use AI to spot wildfires quicker, so we don't have such devastating losses. Then, the AI sends where they spotted the fire to a real human being to fact check. I use Grammarly - which I was very conflicted about for a long time. I was worried people would think that counts as AI use and banish me to the Shadow Realm. However, I've accepted the fact that I use it as a tool, and it prevents me from writing sentences like, "She snuggled with him, snuggling against his neck."

TLDR; AI is useful as a tool, but AI should not generate the work for you. If you can't be bothered to write it, I won't be bothered to read it.

[cats-of-yams]

THIS!!

It's something i've struggled with my entire life but only recently realised, i was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 6 but only recently at the age of 21 that i got my Autism diagnosis. The inertia is real.

In school i've always had problems writing essays, but the school im going to now allows the use of AI as a tool to help with texts as long as you've told a teacher. And i'll tell you, AI has helped me alot with giving me that push i need to get that inertia started.

Autistic Inertia is an autism experience that makes it hard to start, stop, and switch tasks.

It somehow doesn't get talked about enough - so I made this comic!

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Also, if you want to read the research study I based this comic on, it’s right here!

[animentality]

[unforth]

Y'all I know that when so-called AI generates ridiculous results it's hilarious and I find it as funny as the next guy but I NEED y'all to remember that every single time an AI answer is generated it uses 5x as much energy as a conventional websearch and burns through 10 ml of water. FOR EVERY ANSWER. Each big llm is equal to 300,000 kiligrams of carbon dioxide emissions.

LLMs are killing the environment, and when we generate answers for the lolz we're still contributing to it.

Stop using it. Stop using it for a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. We need to kill it.

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[ellipsus-writes]

Back when we started Ellipsus (it's been eighty-four years… or two, but it sure feels like forever), we encountered generative AI.

Immediately, we realized LLMs were the antithesis of creativity and community, and the threat they posed to genuine artistic expression and collaboration. (P.S.: we have a lot to say about it.)

Since then, writing tools—from big tech entities like Google Docs and Microsoft Word, to a host of smaller platforms and publishers—have rapidly integrated LLMs, looking to capitalize on the novelty of generative AI. Now, our tools are failing us, corrupted by data-scraping and hostile to users' consent and IP ownership.

The future of creative work requires a nuanced understanding of the challenges ahead, and a shared vision—writers for writers. We know we're stronger together. And in a rapidly changing world, we know that transparency is paramount.

So… some Ellipsus facts:

We will never include generative AI in Ellipsus.

We will never access your work without explicit consent, sell your data, or use your work for exploitative purposes.

We believe in the strength of creative communities and the stories they tell—and we want to foster a space in which writers can connect and tell their stories in freedom and safety—without compromise.

[linettefox]

I need to stop using ChatGPT to find feedback for my work all it seems to do is trigger my perfectionism, like I don't have time to rewrite the same chapter 10 times in one day but here I am doing that because this AI still has an infinite supply of valid critiques I can't ignore.

[phoenixsavant]

Freeform Friday: Love, Hate, and AI

Here we are, a week in, and I’m going to dive into a topic that has really had me rethinking things recently. Yep, Artificial Intelligence. I will start off with some perfectly clear statements to clear up where I stand on AI in its current iterations. AI is stealing art, music, research, novels, and so much more. It’s just barren of ethics, and what it churns out will show the failings of modern…

[maodun]

shout out to machine learning tech (and all the human-input adjustment contributors) that's brought about the present developmental stage of machine translation, making the current global village 地球村 moment on rednote小红书 accessible in a way that would not have been possible years ago.

[visuallifes]

[bixels]

As cameras becomes more normalized (Sarah Bernhardt encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use cameras because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by manufacturing companies. I paint not because I want a painting but because I love the process of painting. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

if i have to explain to you that using a camera to take a picture is not the same as using generative ai to generate an image then you are a fucking moron.

[tobyisave]

let him be pink!!

[samrisoval]

@samrisoval

[lastoneout]

catch me losing my mind trying to explain to people in my life that AI isn't one of those "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism so don't have a panic attack in the grocery store bcs you have to buy something in a plastic container" situations and is instead one of those "hogwarts legacy/eating at chick-fil-a/not wearing a mask in public" type situations where you are actively helping normalize and/or contributing to the financial viability of things that are doing copious amounts of real, tangible harm and you kinda have an obligation to like not fucking do that actually

[yameoto]

reminder that cai is not real, the characters are not real, your relationships are not real! be wary and keep an eye on your own screentime. don’t blindly use the app for unhealthily long stretches of time. mentally check yourself! don’t get sucked in. its a fun, self-indulgent app, but that is all it is. it can do more harm than good. unlike cai, you’re real, with real relationships and real people that care about you. please take care of yourselves!

[owlyjules]

I don’t know if anyone’s ever asked this before so I’m sorry if I missed it! But I was really curious about your general process? Do you do purely watercolor works or a mix of watercolor and then digital additions/edits? Of course only if you’re up to/willing to share! I’m trying to learn more in regards to watercolor and love your works so much!

I hope you have an amazing day!!

Hi!! Sorry it took me a moment!:D I am doing a bit of everything to be honest! I consider myself more of a mixed media artist! (Meaning different type of traditional and digital edits!) So some of my work is fully watercolor while other is mixed! For example, take this doodle of mine! Here's the freshly unadjusted scan:

Then with color adjustement to correct what my scanner washed out:

And then some light digital correction to make it a bit nicer!

For pieces like this, I normally work with a base of watercolors and inks on top of a colored pencil lineart.

Then I work in gouache and acrylic gouache for the part I want to "carve out" more. Then I finish everything with another layer of colored pencils on top to add more details and gradients, before scanning and touching up with digital. (sometimes I can go all out with digital edits and sometimes not at all! it depends on the piece!) For example here's one that was not retouched digitally at all beside correcting the washed out scan + watermark.

Hope this helps!:D