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Can you think any situation where it is ethical to use AI in the creative process? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works to c/writing@sh.itjust.works

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Let me assure you that the idea of AI disgusts me. Not just because it debates the quality of work and is a "cheat" to get past the word target, but because it stripey the writer themselves of their accomplishments.

However, it does strike me that people might want to write about subjects that they don't know a lot about. Scientific knowledge, crime, historical stuff. Could that be an ethical place to use AI - not to write it, but to ask "what would confectionary in the 1300s look like?" (For instance). Just niche questions.

Or is there a much better, easier way to look up niche real-world details like that?

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Or is there a much better, easier way to look up niche real-world details like that?

Yeah, a search engine...

The first one was invented over 35 years ago.

Most of them, just read the first Wikipedia entry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confectionery_in_the_English_Renaissance

After reading about it, you'd recognize some names like "fritter" and already have an idea of modern versions to visualize.

Then you can search for modern recreations of those recipies if you want to actually see what they look like. Because if you meant image generation. You'll get slop you can't and shouldn't trust. You'll never know if it's accury