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NaNoWriMo gets AI sponsor, says not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’ (pivot-to-ai.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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[–] 17 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Also I'd hate to see Scrivener touch AI - esp because they sponsor nanowrimo and still seem connected https://web.archive.org/web/20240902130810/https://www.literatureandlatte.com/nanowrimo

Scrivener is a hero product in my research/writing as an example of a software product that is designed for concrete purpose

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    A while back one of their reps did say somewhere on Reddit that they have no intention of adding any LLM features to Scrivener. Granted, they said that in the context of moving towards a subscription model and talking about features that don't work with their current business model, but still. Unless something has changed recently, they seem to want to stick to being a one-time purchase without any cloud-based services whatsoever, including AI, for their next major version too.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I hope so. I know the founder designed it and then learned how to code to build it himself. Hopefully he's still running the show and he's a good one

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I use NovelAI myself. But you gotta provide good context since it mimics your own writing and isn't an instruct model. It's more of a "yeah, and—" for brief passages.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    NovelAI

    I'll step up and say, I think this is fine, and I support your use. I get it. I think that there are valid use cases for AI where the unethical labor practices become unnecessary, and where ultimately the work still starts and ends with you.

    In a world, maybe not too far in the future, where copyright law is strengthened, where artist and writer consent is respected, and it becomes cheap and easy to use a smaller model trained on licensed data and your own inputs, I can definitely see how a contextual autocomplete that follows your style and makes suggestions is totally useful and ethical.

    But i understand people's visceral reaction to the current world. I'd say, it's ok to stay your course.

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