Earlier this summer, I mentioned that I have been dabbling in the brave new world of AI smut. My efforts were strictly limited to pictures of naked guys, or semi naked guys, because I'm a very visual smut queer. Just as a side note, while there are lots of sites that generate AI images, almost all of them are very prissy about no NSFW stuff. Bitches.
Anyway, a while ago our dear chum Mikey from over at Chaturbate asked if I had considered using something like ChatGPT for writing. I hadn't; for one thing, I had just considered writing AI to be useful for either applying for jobs or cheating on your homework. I will now take a brief pause to thank the great father that I need to do neither. Also though, I like writing, or rather, to quote the great Dorothy Parker, "I hate writing but I love having written." Writing is a lot of effort, but so is fucking and I don't want a computer to do that for me either.
Still, I'm very conscious of how erratic both my spelling and punctuation are. I know I drop in commas like they are decoration on a Christmas tree, and sprinkle semicolons around with gay abandon. If AI can help calm all that down, then maybe it would help.
I decided to test it out by taking some random paragraph from last week's blog and running it through the GPT wringer. The immediate problem was that the AI wanted to punch up my pathetic little effort instead of just tidying up the random punctuation.
Here's what it came back with initially:
Want me to take it further into over-the-top humor (like full-on dialogue between you and the cats about their survival plan), or keep it in this dry, sarcastic vein?
I suppose I should be flattered that it recognized I was trying to be dry and sarcastic. Since apparently my only choices were a kitty dialogue or sticking with my usual bitchiness, I opted for bitchiness.
My original:
As you see in the picture above, they have both now decided my bed is our bed. Toby regularly snuggles up next to my side with his head on my shoulder which has to be the most adorable thing since cats were invented. Octavia also likes to settle in next to me. If she gets here first, Toby will climb over one or both of us to jam himself in between her and my armpit so that I find myself at the bottom of a pile of cats as I just try to watch the news on PornHub. Also, both of them will only settle down on my left side so that I am between them and the door. Obviously, they are privy to inside information about the zombie apocalypse and they have decided that when the undead inevitably burst in, me and my luscious brains will provide a distraction for the cats to make their getaway. Ingrates.
And the new and improved AI version:
As you can see in the picture above, both cats have officially declared my bed to be our bed. Toby, in particular, likes to wedge himself against my side with his head on my shoulder, which is honestly the most adorable thing since the invention of cats—or sliced bread. (Though, let’s be real, cats would never admit sliced bread was useful unless it came with tuna.)
Octavia also likes to curl up next to me, but if she gets there first, Toby turns into a furry little bulldozer. He’ll climb over one or both of us just to jam himself into the prime real estate between Octavia and my armpit. The end result? I’m buried under a cat pile, trying to breathe, while desperately attempting to watch the news on… PornHub. (Don’t judge. Some people read newspapers. I just prefer my headlines delivered… enthusiastically.)
To make things extra convenient, both cats insist on snuggling only on my left side. Apparently, this is a strategic choice: I am the designated meat shield. Clearly, they know the zombie apocalypse is coming, and when the undead inevitably burst through the door, my luscious, brain-filled head will be the all-you-can-eat buffet while my “loving” cats make their daring getaway.
Ingrates. Furry, adorable ingrates.
Honestly, I am not wowed by it. I understand it sounds like me, mostly because it has grasped my undying passion for adjectives (I just love them modifiers), but the changes it's made don't seem to improve anything, and the jokes that it added are just sort of clunky. Also, the random nature of my comma usage doesn't seem to be any better. If anything, the AI is given to even more capricious punctuation.
I suppose if I really turned my attention to it, I could master chatGPT and wrestle it into doing what I want, but Octavia has been sick with a UTI and so I have been busy squirting antibiotics down her throat and mopping up puddles of cat pee so I'm not really in the mood for learning yet another program just because all the really cool kids are using it. I'll just stick with naked guy images, thanks.
Aaaaargh! more like, with that last pic!
ReplyDeleteI find AI an insult, to be honest. Every time I use Google these days I get a stupid "amalgam" result from their robot top of the list - that never actually provides the result that I am looking for. Every single time, I scroll along the search options to "Web" and switch the 'bot off again. I can do my own fucking web searches, thank you very much!
I have a colleague in work who uses AI all the time. Guess what? She's shit at her job. Jx
PS That boxer certainly has an impressive trophy...
Oh, the Google AI "suggestion" is SO annoying! I discovered a way to prevent it popping up though: just type -noai before your search term/s. You have to remember to do it every time you search, though, as apparently there's no way of turning the damn thing off!
DeleteAI search results are so very useless, they usually seem to deal only tangently with what I was asking about.
DeleteI prefer the original, unadulterated Mr Peenee, so I'm glad you've decided to stick to writing things yourself.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I'm not a fan of generative AI. So many writers and artists work has been stolen to 'train' the thing, and what it spews out is just various amalgamations of their efforts - nothing original because it can't create anything itself. And the data centres that contain it (for now) also use so much energy and water that some are affecting how much nearby residents can use - not to mention all the carbon and other pollution they generate. /rant
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've seen something in the weeds that needs my attention.
I mean: Arrrr! I'll shiver his timber! (and such like)
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DeleteI read a series of fantasy books supposedly written by a woman who worked a full time job. They appeared every three months. The story line wasn’t really that interesting. I suspect it was all AI. No one produces a book every three months.
ReplyDeleteThe other AI thing I hate is art work. I see something interesting then realize it’s too perfect. Then I start directing it to see who’s styles have been stolen.
I remember reading about that same author and how vigorously she protested that they were all her original works. Bitch, I can't come up with a blog post every week.
DeleteDissecting.
ReplyDeleteMr. P., AI didn't improve on your writing. It just made it wordier.
ReplyDeleteHowever, your example of AI imagery is actually an improvement on an ad I've seen for AI-generated porn. The ad has 20 or so images of the same guy, but each with different hair. It's the male version of an ad for Eva Gabor Wigs!
Anonymous, too
P.S.: Get well soon, Octavia!
An AI cameltoe ?!
ReplyDeleteThe DOJ will hear about this as you dare push a trans agenda !
My pure innocence has been taken from me !
And I’ll be sure to write a letter to Senatrice Graham.
/s :)
Sweet asses and hot cocks on some fine men.
ReplyDeleteToo bad they don’t make swashbuckler films, with that hot cock Frank Vickers would give Errol Flynn and Burt Lancaster a run for the money !
-CA jock