This is the way most people feel about writing. I do not think wonderful plots are ten a penny; I think writers are miserable at creating actually good plots from the perspective of someone who values scifi and realism. Their technology and their sociology is usually off in obvious ways, because understanding those things is hard.
I would personally love to see more people who do understand science, use AI to turn them into stories.
Or alternately I’d like to see skilled authors consult AI about the science in their stories.
This attitude that plots don’t matter and writing is all is why we get lazily constructed plots and worlds.
This turns literature into mostly a sort of hallucinatory slop instead of a way to really understand the world while you’re being entertained.
Most writers do seem to understand psychology so that’s a plus. And some of them understand current technology and society, but that’s the exception.
This is the way most people feel about writing. I do not think wonderful plots are ten a penny; I think writers are miserable at creating actually good plots from the perspective of someone who values scifi and realism. Their technology and their sociology is usually off in obvious ways, because understanding those things is hard.
I would personally love to see more people who do understand science, use AI to turn them into stories.
Or alternately I’d like to see skilled authors consult AI about the science in their stories.
This attitude that plots don’t matter and writing is all is why we get lazily constructed plots and worlds.
This turns literature into mostly a sort of hallucinatory slop instead of a way to really understand the world while you’re being entertained.
Most writers do seem to understand psychology so that’s a plus. And some of them understand current technology and society, but that’s the exception.