Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Where Does This End?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the different audiences and use cases for LLMs, and the various creative endeavours that it’s seeking to change. From the POV of the billionaires at the top of these companies, actual creative professionals are … Continue reading
Roll & Move Doesn’t Have to Suck
Roll & move is a mechanic with a bad reputation. It’s widely seen as a simplistic rule that’s found only in old or rubbish games that aren’t for serious gamers. I’m here to suggest that roll & move isn’t bad, … Continue reading
Prompt Critical
Prompts = delegation, nothing more. Getting a professional to fix my pipes does not make me a plumber. In a similar way, writing a prompt does not make me an artist. Or an author. Or a coder. Or anything other … Continue reading
What Does Your Worldbuilding Mean?
Who is responsible for deciding what your worldbuilding choices mean? You? Your editor? Your audience? Take a moment. Have a think. While you do, I’ll tell you what sparked this idea. It’s an old question that I was pondering again … Continue reading
The Legal Woes of Bots
I was going to talk about why I’ve found the whole, often worrying, AI thing good in at least one important aspect. However, while writing that article, I realised that I needed this one as a foundation. That’s been the … Continue reading
Comfort Games
Today is a friend’s birthday, and we’re going to play some games together. We’ve played lots of different games, but some we return to again and again. It’s the same with any group of people I play with and have … Continue reading
Oceans Infinity
You and I have been witness to the greatest art heist in the planet’s history. Yup, today I want to talk about the underpinning of the current crop of Large Language Model (LLM) style AIs: the training data they scraped … Continue reading
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
It’s a cliché, but it’s also a real question I’ve been asked many times over the years, so let’s have a look. Where do I get my ideas? The short answer is anywhere and everywhere. Though, while that’s true, I don’t think … Continue reading
Natural Stupidity
In the world of modern creative arts, artificial intelligence (AI) is an unavoidable topic. So, I won’t be avoiding it here. Across the internet and beyond, all manner of articles and videos have already discussed it, and there’s lots of … Continue reading
What’s in a Thursday?
As I said on Tuesday, I’m aiming to post something on both Thursdays and Mondays. Each day will have a different focus, and I’ll get to Monday on Monday, but today’s Thursday, so it’s time to talk about what goes … Continue reading
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