picayune pondering

I wonder sometimes if our current society expects us to over-explain and preemptively apologize for everything. Between trigger warnings and 500-word essays about our artistic intent before sharing a haiku…

“May contain fiction” or “Warning: Poetry Ahead” seems like adequate warnings for both concerns. Not everything you come across can or should be cozy comfort.

But I also come from an era where artistic expression was expected to regularly present challenging moments that forced you to think or to process your discomfiture. Or, failing that, avoidance of the art was entirely acceptable.

Oh, what do I know?

michael raven

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  1. missparker0106 Avatar
    missparker0106

    The only “warning” I insist on for anything creative is if it contains AI content. Then I will happily pass on it. The rest is entirely unnecessary.

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    1. michael raven Avatar
      michael raven

      I get it. But I think we (as a society) need to define what “AI content” actually is.

      Is it high percentage AI written (In chat prompt: “Write me a story about a fish and a turtle in Hemingway’s style.”)? Or would you include when people use Grammarly, translation tools, or something similar? Both employ AI. Or is spellcheck enough of AI content to require declaration? That is admittedly very extreme, but there are people who consider it AI.

      I think there is a common-sense threshold where it should be declared, but I don’t know that we’ve set the guardrails up well enough yet to define what “AI-generated content” actually is.

      I’m sure that will be decided sooner than later. But I’m just guessing.

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