A.I. and Award-Winning Authors Lorilyn Roberts |

Recently, an author friend, Kristen Lamb, posted an article on her blog, which I will link here. Her thoughts are excellent, well worth reading. I wanted to add some of my own insights. See below.

I use A.I.-generated JPEGs (in response to Kristen’s post) because I can’t find authentic art to portray the fantasies that I write, but when it comes to writing, A.I. is nothing but fluff. It has no soul. What is really concerning is that A.I. is not as smart as it thinks it is.

I recently asked Google Gemini a question about planets, and it started telling me about the plot of my next book (book 2) in the Eighth Dimension Series, which I had yet to write a single word of. I was freaked out. What it said was ridiculous and had nothing to do with what I was going to write, but the fact that it thought it knew and could tell me what to write was disturbing.

And here is where it’s dangerous for authors, and this is really where I think you have hit on an important point. Authors must make a vow that they won’t get lazy and rely on A.I. to write their books. I don’t even think we should rely on A.I. for plot points.

However, A.I. is good for research because it provides the resources it relies on, so you can check the sites yourself to see if they are what you want. But it is in the sweat and the tears and the journey itself that we write thought-provoking novels. And, in the process, we are changed, immersed, and have sacrificed part of ourselves: our time, our money, our minds, our emotions, and our souls.

What matters is that every single word on that page is exactly the word that needs to be used. Every character has come from our creative human nature. We have a soul; A.I. doesn’t. And without the journey, we won’t be changed, and neither will the reader.

It’s not all about money. It’s about creating something that will be remembered long after the book is closed. We want the reader to be satisfied, and, in my opinion, A.I. is not satisfying. All it knows how to do is counterfeit. It is not a creator; it is a counterfeiter.

I might add, the book I’m working on now is “Counterfeit,” the book A.I. tried to write for me. I do use Grammarly, which you could say is a form of A.I., but it’s only for grammar and editing. Grammarly also has a new feature that lets you search the internet to see if what you have written has been plagiarized or copied. I put my newly written chapter 2 into the box, and the Grammarly A.I. searched the web and said there was no plagiarism or copying of anything I wrote.

I knew there wouldn’t be because I wrote it. But there is something very satisfying in that. I have created a story that did not exist before in human history. It is unique, from my heart, and I will give the world something thought-provoking.

For me, that’s what it’s all about: The outcome belongs to God, but it’s in the process that I rely on God, learn, and grow as a Christian. The reward happens in the journey, finishing the race, no matter how hard it is. And hopefully, someday, I will hear the words, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

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