Dear Ellie, thank you so very much for this, for all these words, arranged just so. They bring rain to my parched eyes and heart. As though you saw me, recognized me, and knew just what to say. The parts and the whole. I feel much more than my clumsy words can say. Please accept the thought of a grateful hug.
These words were not clumsy at all, Alice! They made me very happy, and I'm grateful for the hug. If I knew what to say, it's because we've been in the same place -- thank you for being a fellow traveler.
There is too much content free content being written. Like every other thing exploited, now it’s words. AI will make it worse.
There are concepts and experiences that are too big for words. We are experiencing more of that now.
I find myself looking up common word definitions and making up new words when I write. I find myself hesitant to share things I’ve written because I’m not confident that I’ve captured a thought adequately.
Maybe it’s time for poetry to return as a way of communicating.
You're so right that AI is only going to make it worse. Millions of times more glib nothing being churned out. I don't think there's ever been a better time to return to poetry as a way of communicating. But also, I would encourage you to share things you've written even and especially when you're not sure you've captured something adequately. I think that inadequacy and forever-striving quality is precisely what makes human writing and human communication human and not artificial. Keep writing and sharing! It's important.
Dear Ellie, thank you so very much for this, for all these words, arranged just so. They bring rain to my parched eyes and heart. As though you saw me, recognized me, and knew just what to say. The parts and the whole. I feel much more than my clumsy words can say. Please accept the thought of a grateful hug.
These words were not clumsy at all, Alice! They made me very happy, and I'm grateful for the hug. If I knew what to say, it's because we've been in the same place -- thank you for being a fellow traveler.
There is too much content free content being written. Like every other thing exploited, now it’s words. AI will make it worse.
There are concepts and experiences that are too big for words. We are experiencing more of that now.
I find myself looking up common word definitions and making up new words when I write. I find myself hesitant to share things I’ve written because I’m not confident that I’ve captured a thought adequately.
Maybe it’s time for poetry to return as a way of communicating.
You're so right that AI is only going to make it worse. Millions of times more glib nothing being churned out. I don't think there's ever been a better time to return to poetry as a way of communicating. But also, I would encourage you to share things you've written even and especially when you're not sure you've captured something adequately. I think that inadequacy and forever-striving quality is precisely what makes human writing and human communication human and not artificial. Keep writing and sharing! It's important.