Fuck AI

Well, no, it has no opinions. But it can compare it to other work, and determine what patterns are considered good or bad, and that's not too different from a designer putting together a board of trends--or being Quentin Tarantino. It can tell by comparison if something is clearly communicated or clunky or funny, and and then you can either listen, or ignore it.

And it can either treat me like a 12 year old with Down Syndrome, or like a creative who can take criticism.

I'm 100% certain it would be completely useless to Stephen King, but I'm new to this.

it should not be used to seek out factual information that the prompter doesn't already know.

Eh... Depends on the importance and purpose of the information.

If you're just trying to generate ideas for fiction from historical precedents, it doesn't matter if it's accurate. Or if you're using it as a starting point, then following the links to check the original source (like I do all the time for Linux terminal commands).

Hell, I often use Linux terminal commands from Google's search results AI box—I know enough to be able to parse what AI is suggesting (and identify when the proposed commands don't make sense), and enough to undo what I'm doing if it doesn't work. Saves a lot of time.

Copilot fixed some SQL syntax issues I had yesterday, too. 100% accuracy on that, despite it being a massive query with about a dozen nested subqueries. (Granted, I gave a very detailed prompt...) But, again, this was low stakes--who cares if a SELECT query fails to execute.