The company I work for uses Artificial Intelligence extensively. I am often surprised about just how good - and how bad - it can be.
I have a fertile imagination. In my storage, I have probably over 600 stories I've outlined and started writing, but never finished. I'm pretty good at turning a plot - but it takes work and dedication to get the imagery and emotion just right. Often, by the time I get it right, I've run out of time for it and have to move on to another work project that pretty much sucks me dry. Then, the story languishes in my 'dead story' pile and I never get back to it.
Well, I had an idea two days ago that I knew I needed to write - but it was something I find kind of 'squicky' so I knew even if I did write it, it was not something I'd ever share. I knew that I'd start it but never end it and I figured that was probably the best thing for it. I was all set to ignore it when I thought about AI. As an experiment, I decided to see what A.I. could do with it.
Now, this wasn't easy. A.I. fucked my idea all to hell and back. It was good - but it wasn't my plot. So, I started over. I'm using https://perchance.org/ai-story-generator because, well, it's free and I don't really want to spend money on this experiment. It's actually pretty good - I describe the prompt I want to use for the next paragraph or two (or more) and then let it generate it. I go back, make changes where the story fell off the map (didn't make sense) and clean it up. Sometimes, what it generates is complete lunacy and I update my prompt to be more clear and then have the A.I. regenerate it.
This is a LOT of work - but A.I., using my prompt to set the scene and tone, is really good at generating colorful prose which I'm not good at. I'm good at directing the plot - which A.I. is not really good at. Match made in heaven or hell, I'm not sure which.
Plus Perchance can even make suggestions about where the plot should go from here - a feature I never used, but I did check and some of the suggestions were not bad.
So, I give you the 'Naughty Nolans'. A partially A.I. generated (I have to give myself *some* credit) story based on extensive plotting from yours truly. Please let me know what you think and whether I should continue the story once I finish posting it.
Thank you.