True, I imagine some rituals and gestures will remain precisely because they are inefficient. I already use chatGPT as a pseudo editor and thesaurus, and as I was writing the above I kept feeling the familiar tug to just open the tab and have the robot do it. It’s such a huge labor-saving device on that front. I think I felt a sense of pride and attachment to (Allah forgive me) “artisanal” writing. My day job is as a public defender and my writing is on the side. I’ve had ideations of writing a book and I’m flabbergasted as to how anyone today finds the time. Now with infinite text generators living among us, “I wrote a book!” feels markedly less impressive. Maybe come back when you’ve written several dozen? It’s vain, absolutely, but there is a sense of achievement that is worth cherishing, and while we remain in this in-between phase the message will also remain muddled.
True, I imagine some rituals and gestures will remain precisely because they are inefficient. I already use chatGPT as a pseudo editor and thesaurus, and as I was writing the above I kept feeling the familiar tug to just open the tab and have the robot do it. It’s such a huge labor-saving device on that front. I think I felt a sense of pride and attachment to (Allah forgive me) “artisanal” writing. My day job is as a public defender and my writing is on the side. I’ve had ideations of writing a book and I’m flabbergasted as to how anyone today finds the time. Now with infinite text generators living among us, “I wrote a book!” feels markedly less impressive. Maybe come back when you’ve written several dozen? It’s vain, absolutely, but there is a sense of achievement that is worth cherishing, and while we remain in this in-between phase the message will also remain muddled.