May 13, 2024 | AI writing, Random Musings
Not many people know I actually trained as a counselor some 25 years ago. I never worked as one, but I still use the skills I picked every day. Which is why I am concerned that more than 1 in 5 adults in the US live with a mental illness, according to the CDC, and...
Feb 26, 2024 | AI writing, Writing
While I strongly believe that AI in general and AI content generator tools in particular are a boon to most writers, there are times when you don’t want to use them. One such considerable case regards the risk of plagiarism. Obviously, plagiarized content is not...
Dec 12, 2023 | AI writing, Writing
In my capacity as content creator, I use AI writing tools every day. One thing that never fails to impress me is how versatile they are, as they can be used for so many different needs and purposes. For example, I have been working on a series of posts that explain to...
Sep 29, 2023 | AI writing, Writing
With all the recent hullabaloo about AI and its use for purposes such as the KENP scam and to create massive numbers of AI-generated books, one may wonder if writing is about to become obsolete. And yet, I use AI daily for a number of tasks, from researching and...
Sep 27, 2023 | Publishing
Audiobooks have been among the fastest-growing segments of publishing for a while now. Which is hardly surprising, as anyone spending long hours commuting will attest to. However, buying audiobook after audiobook can become quite the expensive hobby after a while. And...
Sep 19, 2023 | AI writing, Publishing
It’s funny how fast things are shaking up in the publishing industry. Barely a week ago I was telling you how Amazon is taking its first step against AI-generated books in the form of a new questionnaire you must answer when publishing a title regarding your use...
Sep 13, 2023 | AI writing, Publishing
Following the flood of AI-generated books and the KENP scam I was discussing a couple of weeks ago, Amazon has started taking action — just as I had predicted. As the Goodreader reports, Amazon KDP has recently introduced new content guidelines specifically addressing...
Sep 6, 2023 | AI writing, Writing
You may recall how I recently discussed the KENP Scam, whereby AI-generated books are flooding Amazon in a blatant attempt to collect KENP royalties. You may have wondered just how easy it is to do so in practice — write a whole book from scratch. Geeky Gadgets and...
Jun 22, 2022 | Interviews Features and Reviews
AI software like LaMDA is pretty impressive but we’ve been using AI for years without even realizing it. One perfect example of this is OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tools that let us digitize printed documents. While there’s something to be said...
Feb 23, 2020 | Fun Historical Facts
I recently explored the question of whether computer-generated writing could ever replace the human kind. I recently came across some interesting statistics on Artificial Intelligence (AI), courtesy of Kommando Tech. Current AI technology can be roughly divided into...
