A Sister’s Sacrifice Now Available on Audible and Let it rain: A note on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
A Sister's Sacrifice Now Available on Audible:
Let me start with some great news: The third audiobook of The Mage's Cradle—A Sister's Sacrifice—is available on Audiobooks as of today. The link can be found here. A huge thank you to my narrator, Zac Katz-Stein. You can reach Zac via his website or on his social media platforms, including Zac Katz-Stein Instagram.
Let it rain: A note on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
I love the rain, and part of me always has. Granted, my ability to find the positive behind a good rainstorm is from the safety of being indoors and listening to the rain bounce off my windowpane. My mom could tell you other stories of flood waters washing a section of our ancestral house away …
Yet as I sit here on a restful day off work, I find my imagination drifting to wild places as the melodic rhythm of the rain soothes my often racing thoughts. I love the rain because it places me in a meditative state where stories pop into my mind at a pace faster than my hands could type. Rain fuels my creativity and frees my imagination to soar.
That said, I will answer a question directly because I've been asked directly: No, none of my novels have been written by AI. For those who know about my day job, it's not an odd question. Yes, I spend my time as an Organizational Strategic Designer helping my workplace and society as a whole adapt to an accelerating AI world. Using a Responsible AI framework, I focus on the human factors that must be addressed to help people thrive in an AI-augmented environment.
While I've encountered people who can now utilize AI tools to create visual arts, music, poetry, and, yes, whole novels, I still find the thrill of creating something from nothing to be an activity that feeds my soul. AI is opening some possibilities. One person I've spoken to finds it thrilling that he's now able, using tools like Midjourney, to generate text-to-visual work that had been inaccessible to him as a child. His parents had forced him to study the 'sensible path of engineering'. He has found the ability to use AI as a co-creator to spark ideas and help him refine his artistic pursuits, which has opened up a world of opportunity.
Or has it opened up a Pandora's box? Opposite sides of the argument could point out that works by visual artists, authors, musicians, and creative fields are being stolen and used as the training data that underpin those AI algorithms. From my professional observations, most companies understand their duty to humanity. They know what it means by the Z Responsible use of AI principles and act accordingly. However, there is a minority of developers who would act on the edge of what's ethical until an explicit law or regulation tells them they shouldn't do specific actions.
My current, evolving opinion is more akin to a "wait and see" approach. I'd like to hope there will still be a place for true, authentic art that is not AI-generated. My ideas are still wholly my own and fueled by the soothing rhythms of a rainy day. Still, when The Root of Infinity (I'm working my way through my editor's comments) gets published, I'll need to add 100% AI Free Created Content in the declaration.
Until next time,
Lincoln
Let me start with some great news: The third audiobook of The Mage's Cradle—A Sister's Sacrifice—is available on Audiobooks as of today. The link can be found here. A huge thank you to my narrator, Zac Katz-Stein. You can reach Zac via his website or on his social media platforms, including Zac Katz-Stein Instagram.
Let it rain: A note on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
I love the rain, and part of me always has. Granted, my ability to find the positive behind a good rainstorm is from the safety of being indoors and listening to the rain bounce off my windowpane. My mom could tell you other stories of flood waters washing a section of our ancestral house away …
Yet as I sit here on a restful day off work, I find my imagination drifting to wild places as the melodic rhythm of the rain soothes my often racing thoughts. I love the rain because it places me in a meditative state where stories pop into my mind at a pace faster than my hands could type. Rain fuels my creativity and frees my imagination to soar.
That said, I will answer a question directly because I've been asked directly: No, none of my novels have been written by AI. For those who know about my day job, it's not an odd question. Yes, I spend my time as an Organizational Strategic Designer helping my workplace and society as a whole adapt to an accelerating AI world. Using a Responsible AI framework, I focus on the human factors that must be addressed to help people thrive in an AI-augmented environment.
While I've encountered people who can now utilize AI tools to create visual arts, music, poetry, and, yes, whole novels, I still find the thrill of creating something from nothing to be an activity that feeds my soul. AI is opening some possibilities. One person I've spoken to finds it thrilling that he's now able, using tools like Midjourney, to generate text-to-visual work that had been inaccessible to him as a child. His parents had forced him to study the 'sensible path of engineering'. He has found the ability to use AI as a co-creator to spark ideas and help him refine his artistic pursuits, which has opened up a world of opportunity.
Or has it opened up a Pandora's box? Opposite sides of the argument could point out that works by visual artists, authors, musicians, and creative fields are being stolen and used as the training data that underpin those AI algorithms. From my professional observations, most companies understand their duty to humanity. They know what it means by the Z Responsible use of AI principles and act accordingly. However, there is a minority of developers who would act on the edge of what's ethical until an explicit law or regulation tells them they shouldn't do specific actions.
My current, evolving opinion is more akin to a "wait and see" approach. I'd like to hope there will still be a place for true, authentic art that is not AI-generated. My ideas are still wholly my own and fueled by the soothing rhythms of a rainy day. Still, when The Root of Infinity (I'm working my way through my editor's comments) gets published, I'll need to add 100% AI Free Created Content in the declaration.
Until next time,
Lincoln
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