Thoughts

I write a lot. Essays. Articles. Blog posts. All of them sharing what I’m thinking about. Maybe you think about these things, too.

The Story's The Thing
About Fiction, About The World, Stranger Than Fiction Jeannette de Beauvoir About Fiction, About The World, Stranger Than Fiction Jeannette de Beauvoir

The Story's The Thing

 

I’m always talking about how the stories we tell and the stories we read or hear or view both reflect and shape who we are. Usually I’m talking about enlightenment—learning something about ourselves, delving into issues such as pain or love or agency. But sometimes, the stories teach us facts.

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Is AI the Beginning or the End?
About Books, About Fiction, About My Fiction, About Your Writing Jeannette de Beauvoir About Books, About Fiction, About My Fiction, About Your Writing Jeannette de Beauvoir

Is AI the Beginning or the End?

I’m not worried—yet. AI can’t do what I can do—yet. Computers can’t just create stories in a void; instead, they’re given a massive number of exemplars—works that are similar to what the computer is tasked to create—which is then broken down into data. AI reads the data using statistical algorithms to recognize patterns and relationships.

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