I had hoped to be write too, someday, even if given the odds it would likely be more for my own self aggrandisement than actual financial gain. But right now, I think it would be a rather large waste of time to embark on writing a novel of any length, because I have more immediately satisfying ways of both passing the time, and certainly of making money.
When I feel mildly sad about that, I remind myself that I consume a great deal more media than I could ever produce, and since my livelihood isn’t at stake, it’s a net win for me to live in a world where GPT-N can produce great works of literature, especially the potential to just ask it to produce bespoke works for my peculiar tastes.
Maybe in another life my trajectory could have resembled Scott Alexander’s, although if I’m being realistic he’s probably a better doctor and writer than I am or could be haha. I still wish I had the chance to try without thinking it was even less fruitful..
I had hoped to be write too, someday, even if given the odds it would likely be more for my own self aggrandisement than actual financial gain. But right now, I think it would be a rather large waste of time to embark on writing a novel of any length, because I have more immediately satisfying ways of both passing the time, and certainly of making money.
When I feel mildly sad about that, I remind myself that I consume a great deal more media than I could ever produce, and since my livelihood isn’t at stake, it’s a net win for me to live in a world where GPT-N can produce great works of literature, especially the potential to just ask it to produce bespoke works for my peculiar tastes.
Maybe in another life my trajectory could have resembled Scott Alexander’s, although if I’m being realistic he’s probably a better doctor and writer than I am or could be haha. I still wish I had the chance to try without thinking it was even less fruitful..