Forum: Story Discussion and Feedback

Yeah, suddenly turning off ALL feedback has now become the norm. I guessing there's a reason for that, as any feedback those authors are getting is highly critical, or they're simply insecure about their writing chops. That could go either way.

Yeah, suddenly turning off ALL feedback has now become the norm. I guessing there's a reason for that, as any feedback those authors are getting is highly critical, or they're simply insecure about their writing chops. That could go either way.

Or trolls are invading, and false claims are being made. It's not just in the comments, either; it's in the forums, too.

At some point, the trolls ruin everything unless they're reined in. Sadly, reining them in is difficult when you beleive in free speach.

I believe these come from some TikTok channel that runs these like soap operas.

That would explain the sameness, both within and without.

I wonder how their e-book sales are doing.

AJ

Year, there decent translations, yet most aren't worth much. In my case, when I only needed a few lines at a time, I'd someone on Fivrr to translate them for $5 apiece (they'd mostly do several if they're short enough, but you don't quibble when you can't do it yourself.

Damn you! I was just drinking hot tea when I read your comment! Bleeping mess!

I learned long ago not to eat or drink while reading the forum.

Same, but in my case it was skydiving and motorcycle riding...

Beats chugging while writing, as it's tough figuring out what you were thinking. I've found that a decent 'sipping' whiskey is best, as those are too strong to chug, though vodka and rum with chasers work well too). You generally want to remember some of what you've written.

One of the ways to detect AI (I think) is that stories "written" by AI don't even try to capture your attention, draw you in, or give you a reason to feel you should keep reading.

Au contraire, AI does exactly the opposite. It's like ultra-processed food, designed to be addictive but not necessarily nourishing. That comes from copying what worked in the stories that were 'stolen' to feed its LLM.

AJ

There have been a number of stories on SOL recently which are pretty much all clones of that story. I believe they're translations of east asian stories. I can't see much evidence of AI in the English versions and they pass Laz's AI detector (although lots of stories with AI generated content do also). So I'm not convinced the horror of that story-telling is due to AI.

ETA aroslav's blog reckons Chinese.

AJ

If you look at stories with a high AI content, you'll often find incongruities where individual scenes have been generated by author prompt but not linked together carefully enough.

AJ