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Using AI assistance for Authors : with Alessandra Torre

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欢迎来到Spar Girls播客,这是专为作家打造的自助出版播客。您来对地方了,这里有最好的写作、营销和出版建议,还有对行业专家和畅销书作家的采访。

我是谢丽尔·菲普斯。>> 我是莎·巴雷特。>> 我是特鲁迪·杰伊。本周,我们有幸邀请到可爱的亚历山德拉·托尔。>> 嘿,亚历山德拉,欢迎回来。第三次来了。>> 第三次做客播客。这应该颁发一枚奖章。我们还在铸造中,但确实有一枚奖章。>> 随时都会有。每天。>> 随时都会有。

所以,所以这周,我们和亚历山德拉谈论一个我们有点犹豫的话题,因为它完全是关于人工智能的。我们知道有些人对人工智能非常兴奋、热情,也有些人不这样,他们对人工智能感到担忧、害怕、焦虑、愤怒。所以我们决定以一种希望能帮助人们、缓解一些恐惧,并可能开启一些讨论的方式来处理人工智能这个话题。我不知道,这是一个不断发展的话题,我们只是想成为其中的一部分,成为讨论的一部分。为了帮助我们,我们决定找到一位我们在独立出版领域非常敬佩的人,她多年来一直在独立出版界努力创作自己的书籍,也代表其他独立作家。我们基本上请到了亚历山德拉来为我们做这件事。她是Inca's Con的幕后策划者,这个会议已经举办了多久了,亚历山德拉?很多年了。>> 我想快七年了。>> 七年了。

嗯,代表自助出版作家。这是一个很棒的资源。她还以许多其他方式不知疲倦地与其他作家分享她的知识和专业技能。这就是为什么我们决定今天邀请您来,帮助我们在Spar Girls播客上第一次正式谈论人工智能这个话题。那么,欢迎您。>> 谢谢,我不会轻视这份荣誉,因为它确实是一个非常热门的话题,而且我对此有矛盾的看法,我的意思是,你知道,情感上也很纠结,很多人都是如此。坦白说,我从事人工智能领域工作已经六年了,我是author's AI的联合创始人兼首席执行官,我们在人工智能成为一个贬义词之前很久就推出了它,我的意思是,它当时真的只是经典的AI。它现在仍然是经典的AI。我们从事经典的AI。嗯,它就是,我稍后会谈到不同类型的人工智能。所以,但是,坦白说,在这个领域我确实有偏见,因为我一直在从事人工智能工作,所以我看到了过去六年中发生的变化。>> 我有一些不同的见解和观点,所以,我很高兴能谈论这个话题。

亚历山德拉,我认为历史非常重要,因为我记得Marlo刚诞生的时候。嗯,是的,首先,名字真的很酷。嗯,但它也是,你知道,它可能是作家领域中人们谈论的第一个工具。>> 嗯,它有点像,是的。所以无论如何,那就是authors.ai。只是说说。是的,我只是想快速读一下您的简介,我还没读呢,然后我们就会进入第一个问题。

亚历山德拉·托尔是《纽约时报》、《今日美国》和《华尔街日报》的畅销书作家,著有超过35部小说,专攻当代浪漫小说和家庭悬疑。最近以AR的笔名写作,她是一位杰出的混合型作家、演讲者和Incas Con的创始人,抱歉,是Incas Con的创始人,以及author's AI的首席执行官。所以您没有什么没做过的,您是这个领域的知名作家,我们尊重您所做的工作以及您为社区所做的一切。那么,我们现在就开始吧。嗯,首先,我们知道这是一个棘手的话题,双方都有强烈意见的人,但从您作为一名长期从事这个行业的独立作家的角度来看,您如何看待人工智能?您的看法是什么?

是的。我有点偶然地进入这个领域,因为就像我说的,当我开始使用或熟悉人工智能时,我不是数据科学家。我不是技术人员。我是120位作家之一,他们帮助资助了authors AI,我们的研究一直致力于分析畅销书,然后分析好卖的书和还不错的书,并理解畅销书中存在的模式和共性。所以它是从分析和解析的角度使用人工智能。

嗯,我对这个话题非常感兴趣。有一本书叫《畅销书密码》。>> 我正要说,>> 是的,它是由我的联合创始人马修·乔克斯博士和他的搭档乔德·阿彻博士出版的。嗯,很多年前了。嗯,但它识别出了一些这样的事情。嗯,比如一位英国作家在一本书中使用“the”这个词的频率会比美国作家更高。嗯,所以有很多非常有趣的事情。这是一本引人入胜的读物。今天仍然适用。

这是一本非常棒的读物。所以,那真的让我着迷。嗯,深入研究畅销书的独特之处,我们能否找出它是什么,为什么有些读者对某些故事有更强的阅读欲望,以及如果存在的话,这些模式是什么。第二点,一旦我们深入研究并使用技术来理解这一点,它就真正引出了一个问题:如果读者正在寻找一本书,我们知道他们喜欢所有这些书,那么所有这些书的共同点是什么?然后,从这个拥有两百万本书的图书馆中(我忘了有些听众看不到我夸张的手势,这个拥有两百万本书的图书馆在这里),有哪些书会吸引这位读者?所以,这真的就像我们能否发掘未被发现的书籍,对吗?或者那些可能写于八年前的书,你知道,与今天相比,我们能否发掘这些书并将它们传递给读者,让读者觉得这就是他们完美的书,你知道吗?

嗯,所以所有这些作为一名作家都让我着迷。对我们团队来说,尝试弄清楚对作家来说什么更重要也很有趣,是写作风格还是书中的主题或内容,对吗?那么,读者是只对浪漫喜剧感兴趣,还是特别喜欢梅根·奎因的写作风格,那就是他们想要的,你知道吗?或者反过来说,约翰·格里沙姆的粉丝只会读法律惊悚小说,还是他们会读另一位在各方面都与约翰·格里沙姆非常相似的作家?所以,这真的是深入研究那种技术层面。

所以当像ChatGPT这样的东西出现时,我从我们一直在做的一切中,对人工智能已经有了一种舒适的、不舒适的、舒适的程度。ChatGPT、大型语言模型(LLM)和生成式人工智能确实以一种有点吓人的方式改变了游戏规则。它也突然将人工智能推向了前沿,进入了普通人的手中,而在此之前,当他们处理人工智能时,嗯,他们甚至没有意识到自己在做,比如,你知道,输入一个目的地和一张地图,然后它计算路线,然后重新,我的意思是,那是不同方式的人工智能,所以突然间,你就像在与这个人工智能互动和对话,这非常不同。

所以,嗯,为了回答你的问题,我做得非常糟糕,那就是我个人对人工智能的立场是什么,我作为一名创作者和作家,我的个人立场是,我根本不希望人工智能取代我的创作过程。我不使用人工智能进行任何生成性目的,来创作我的作品。嗯,我使用人工智能是为了让我在一些我不喜欢的领域工作更轻松,也为了看到我无法看到的洞察力,人类编辑永远无法告诉我我的小说对话比例是28%。而我的平均对话比例是22%。而且我的书的第一季度对话频率更高,你知道,比第二季度高。那是人类永远无法告诉我的,你知道。

嗯,所以我使用人工智能的方式是为了让我的编辑、研究和我的流程更智能,并阻止我在有时会太耗时的地方钻牛角尖。所以那是我个人使用人工智能的方式。我知道有些作家坚决反对任何形式的人工智能使用,这完全没问题。我确实认为有很多作家反对人工智能,但他们可能不了解他们已经在使用人工智能的一些方式。>> 或者可能有一些人工智能的使用案例,如果他们了解更多,他们会接受,所以这就是为什么我希望像今天的对话可能会揭示其中一些,如果你离开这些对话时说“不,不碰,不靠近人工智能”,那也没关系,不幸的是,它渗透得如此之深,很多时候你别无选择,你正在使用它,你知道。

是的。>> 或者你无法完成任务。>> 就是这样。我觉得它已经深深融入到我们所做的很多事情中。我认为那种非黑即白地说我永远不会使用它。就我个人而言,我的立场是,除非你完全脱离电网生活,否则没有人能说出那样的话。嗯,而且从不使用Word,从不使用,你知道,只是>> 或者在某个时候,你的固执会让你付出时间,你知道,嗯,我不想说固执,但就像我稍后会在这次对话中举一个例子,我认为大多数人会接受这个,但是>> 你知道>> 但你可以自己做,只是会花你,你知道,10到15个小时。是的。是的。绝对是。

嗯,所以你们authors AI有一个标语,说你们帮助作家道德且负责任地使用人工智能。那么,您能稍微谈谈这个吗?比如,您如何判断什么是道德的,什么是不道德的,什么是负责任的,你知道,这对您意味着什么?

是的,这是一个很好的问题。嗯,我真的,你提到那个标语很有趣,因为我对那个标语不熟悉。>> 嗯,也许吧,但我喜欢,我的意思是,我喜欢它。嗯,这很有趣,我心想,哦,等等,我应该在品牌声音上看看那个。嗯,是的,对我来说,道德,嗯,道德是一个非常,你知道,非常个人的声明,但我们在author's AI上确实有一个道德使用声明,关于我们如何使用手稿以及如何训练手稿,以及我们公司相信什么,我们公司相信的与我非常相似。我们不希望人工智能取代人类在创作过程和创造过程中的作用。我们严格使用人工智能来帮助作家发现改进书籍的方法,我们正在开发帮助向读者展示书籍(比如展示书名)的方法,并帮助出版商更好地了解他们的旧书目中有什么,以便他们可以推广彼此相似的书籍等等。我们看了很多关于书籍在一个书籍宇宙中是如何运作的。

嗯,了解技术是如何训练的以及它们训练的内容非常重要,因为这是ChatGPT出现时才浮出水面的事情,突然间人工智能就成了焦点,就像,好吧,这就是Anthropic诉讼的来源,因为它训练了未经授权的书籍。所以我们公司只训练过那些我们获得了作者许可、出版商许可,或者我们专门为训练目的购买的书籍。所以我们有,嗯,我们确实有一个拥有数万本书的出版商,他们已经授权我们进行训练。我们有,嗯,客户已经授权我们训练他们的书籍。我们从未训练过任何一本书,无论我们是否获得客户许可,我们最终只是删除了那个问题。嗯,因为我们永远不会训练客户的书籍,即使他们说可以。所以,我们已经从我们的提交表格中删除了这个问题。嗯,因为有些作者在四年前同意了,当时他们还不知道,你明白我的意思吗?所以,是的。所以,我们从未也永远不会训练客户的手稿。所以,我们只训练过我们合法获得的书籍。

嗯,所以这一点你了解总是很重要的,不幸的是,对于大多数公司来说,这是一个很难找到答案的问题。嗯,因为他们要么只是接入像Anthropic或ChatGPT这样的,而authors AI我们是从零开始构建人工智能的。所以我们,你知道,我们自己编写了Marlo的代码并训练了它。>> 嗯,但这,嗯,这真的很重要。所以对我们来说,道德上就是我们不训练客户提交的内容。客户提交的内容绝不会以任何方式泄露。我们的团队不会看到客户提交的内容,嗯,除非客户联系我们寻求技术故障排除,或者他们不理解结果,可能需要我们在我们这边运行,否则人类绝不会与提交内容互动。所以那是手稿唯一一次被人类看到的时候,嗯,道德上,另一个词是什么?我想是负责任地。

负责任地。是的。所以,这只是确保我们有适当的安全协议,确保我们不会以作者不接受或不同意的方式泄露手稿。而且,嗯,我们只开发,我们不开发生成式人工智能。我们不开发任何可以,嗯,为你集思广益,或为你提供大纲,或为你生成文本的产品。嗯,并不是说我评判任何使用那种人工智能的作家,但那不是我们的领域。那不是我们关注或构建的东西。

是的。>> 您个人作为作家会使用生成式人工智能,比如ChatGPT吗?>> 嗯,>> 我使用ChatGPT,嗯,用于研究,我还在我的编辑过程中使用它,嗯,如果您想谈论,我很乐意现在谈论,或者我,是的,我大量使用ChatGPT。我从不使用它来写作或重写我的,嗯,我更多地使用它,嗯,我可以用它做很多事情。>> 我们很快会谈到具体细节,但我们只是>> 我们现在就先搁置一下。是的,我用它做很多事情。>> 我只是想确认一下。所以,嗯,人工智能有很多不同的类型,但您说过有两种对作家来说最重要。那么您能快速谈谈并解释这两种之间的区别吗?

是的。是的。当你审视任何人工智能,以及你是否会使用它时,有一种是生成式人工智能,嗯,就是那种生成文本的人工智能,这就是我所说的,所以,嗯,对于大多数作家来说,这就是他们划定界限的地方,哪些是可以接受的,哪些是不可接受的。而且,嗯,ChatGPT和其他所有东西发生的事情是,所有人工智能都或多或少地被归结为“人工智能取代人类”,但它确实像人类一样思考,像人类一样创造。所以在这次对话中,我将把这种称为生成式人工智能。嗯,所以,嗯,如果你是一个对此不确定的作家,或者你觉得“我不舒服,我不喜欢人工智能”,你可能对生成式人工智能有非常强烈的感受,我不用,那是我的底线。我不使用人工智能为我写作,嗯,也不帮助我完成我认为是人类创作过程的事情。

嗯,分析型人工智能,Marlo就是这种,你可能已经在用自动校对或写作辅助工具或Grammarly了,现在Grammarly,嗯,会进入生成式,比如很多时候如果它想为你重写一个句子,那我就认为它是生成式人工智能,这并不是说我从未让Grammarly为我重写过句子,我确实有,尤其是在电子邮件中,我使用Grammarly的插件来处理所有事情。所以很多时候它这样做会让我有点不舒服。所以我不会在这种情况下使用Grammarly,我也不会为此把我的手稿放到Grammarly里。但那可能是,但Grammarly和写作辅助工具的绝大部分是更偏分析型的。嗯,分析型人工智能,嗯,它再次可以阅读大量文本,然后提取数据用于数据库、搜索、过滤或任何其他用途。所以作为一名作家,我对此没问题。

所以,当KDP或零售商想知道你是否使用了人工智能辅助时,他们会划清界限,他们指的是分析型人工智能,或者你是否在创建文本、图像或你书中的任何其他部分时使用了人工智能,他们不关心人工智能辅助,他们不关心分析型用途,他们不关心Marlo或编辑程序,他们关心的是那些编辑程序是否重写了你书的一部分或为你的书创建了文本。所以,这也是零售商和我们author's AI合作的许多出版商的底线,如果它是生成式的,他们就不感兴趣。分析型才是他们感兴趣的。

我确实,我,首先,我非常支持人工智能,我只是把这个说出来。Spar Girls都有各自不同的看法。嗯,我感觉生成式人工智能正在更多地渗透到各种事物中。是的,例如我有一个写作辅助工具。而且,嗯,出版商的问题是,他们都会在自己的内部使用人工智能。所以我认为他们有点,我不知道。也许只是因为我从事这个行业太久了,亚历山德拉,我看到了哈利·奎恩对他们的作者做了什么。我不相信他们会说他们自己内部没有使用生成式人工智能。就像我只是觉得他们会说一些听起来不错的话,但我认为这不像他们不会只使用这个系统那样非黑即白,因为>> 嗯,是的,我同意你的看法,嗯,比如生成式人工智能,我使用它没有问题。我不想它为我写故事或小说,或重写描述,但我可以接受它为我写营销文案。是的。在我看来,我对此没问题。我确信出版商会用它来写营销文案,而不是。是的。

嗯,所以技术,那又是其中一个领域,每个作家都需要做出自己的决定。你能接受吗?>> 我个人对此没有异议。如果它能做得更好,我乐意让它为我写电子邮件。我从不让它写我的时事通讯,因为你不可能进入我的大脑,思考我想写什么,并让它听起来像我。但是,嗯,我对此没问题。这不困扰我。嗯,我不会用它写信给我奶奶。但是,嗯,至于营销文案、标语、钩子,它真的很擅长。是的。那是生成式的。那也是作家需要决定的事情,比如,是的,他们能接受吗,还是不能接受?个人而言,我能接受。

是的。>> 怎么样?那是我的,我想全世界都会喜欢那样,不是吗?>> 你知道,为什么一切都必须非黑即白呢?>> 是的。是的。没错。我只是,哦,天哪。但是,嗯,另一件事是,当你上传东西到亚马逊时,它确实会问是否经过了大量编辑,或者是否,你知道,所以在那一部分也有细微差别。对我来说,如果有人在没有人工审阅的情况下生成整个文本,那与有人使用生成式人工智能来完成第一稿,如果你喜欢的话,是截然不同的。然后作者指导,你知道所有其余的部分,就像,我不知道,也许是因为我是黎巴嫩人,但我只是看到了它的所有方面,我不知道,它有太多的细微差别。

嗯,对我来说另一个很难,我不知道我对此感觉如何的领域,我还没有涉足这个领域,因为我个人不知道我对此感觉如何,我,双方都有这样的事情,嗯。我与很多作家合作,新作家或者写了10到15本书但就是赚不到钱的作家。他们没有钱,他们没有钱,但是他们,嗯,有声书,嗯,人工智能有声书或翻译,>> 翻译,>> 他们永远无法,我不想说永远无法,但他们不会雇佣,他们没有资金雇佣人类旁白,所以这不像他们从人类旁白那里赚钱,你知道,但他们没有钱雇佣人类旁白,所以对他们来说,是永远没有有声书更好,还是拥有一本有声书更好?嗯,我不会这样做,因为我有钱。我可以直接雇佣一个人。所以,这很容易。我不必为自己做那个决定。但翻译也是一样。嗯,真的很好,我的意思是,首先,我听说直接翻译很糟糕。但如果你让一个人工智能翻译它,然后你让一个人类,一个来自那个国家的母语者去校对和编辑,>> 我想我对此没问题。再次声明,这不是我做过的事情,但如果我要出版一本书,如果我有一本旧书要翻译,而我没有资金去做,那是我认为可以接受的事情之一,但幸运的是我还没有做出那个决定。但那是我觉得,我只是,我真的不知道我对此感觉如何的事情之一。我可以争论双方。

有两件事我想对这两点说,因为这是,我不知道,这只是我在独立作家圈子里听到的一些事情,那就是对于翻译,即使你认为你去找一个翻译人员来做,我听说他们会把它通过一个疯狂的,而不是自己通过它,然后向你收费,就好像他们自己翻译了每一行一样,所以我们永远不知道。>> 而且我们没有,这已经发生多年了。>> 我保证出版商也会这样做,因为翻译成本是巨大的业务成本。所以你不这样做就太傻了。这就像说,>> 我只是,我,我不明白他们为什么不为头等舱这样做。>> 但是,但是那种人情味会增加。这就像,>> 这就像大规模生产的东西与手绘的东西。你希望他们进去,然后用手绘,那总是比只是快速出来的东西更好。但是,你知道,那只是我。

你想说什么,莎?>> 嗯,我个人有使用人工智能有声书的经验,嗯,因为我想以道德的方式去做,我对此的道德感受。所以,我确实,嗯,找到了一位,嗯,一位翻译,他有,你知道,很好的,嗯,评论等等。所以,我确实这样做了,并为一些德语书籍找了一个校对员,我想一个系列大概花了我2万美元左右,我之所以想这样做是因为我想以正确的方式去做,但很快我就明白,我很快就能赚回那笔钱以便我能做更多事情的机会简直是疯了。所以,你提出的那个,嗯,情景,就是我是否从不做任何有声书和翻译?我是不是因为负担不起所以从不做?所以我正在做一些人工智能翻译,我没有赚大钱,我也不知道它们有多完美,因为说实话,我不懂那些语言。我永远不会真正知道。但我确实有一些好评,人们也慢慢购买它们,通过这个我实际上赚回了一些钱,这样我就可以继续下去。但是,嗯,我对此不感到难过。我不为此感到内疚,因为那些书反正也不会在那里。嗯。

所以,嗯,你知道,我的意思是,嗯,我通过Scribe Shadow做这件事,他们有,嗯,他们有,你知道,所以这不像我没有给任何人工作,但我实际上正在创造一个产品,如果我没有使用人工智能,这个产品永远不会存在。>> 而且你也在使用人工编辑,比如在他们转录之后,对吗?所以校对和校对。>> 而且就像你说的,随着时间的推移,我越来越觉得人们会先用它处理,>> 因为否则就会有人在那里辛苦地打字我的手稿。>> 从翻译的角度来看,这很有道理,你知道,嗯,但那只是我。是的,但是你知道,话虽如此,我参加了作家节的一个翻译会议,两位翻译,两位人类翻译,他们谈论它,就像他们对一本书的爱语一样,他们,嗯,翻译并不是他们辛苦地翻译每一个词。我不得不,就像一个人把一本英文书翻译成西班牙语,他说,嗯,有些说法在西班牙语中没有意义,所以我必须抓住这本书的氛围或感觉来翻译。所以翻译绝对是一种艺术形式,但对于,>> 我不会说它非此即彼。我觉得它可以是两者兼而有之。我觉得对于很多作家来说,可能首先是机器翻译,然后可能有人工校对,如果你成为,你知道,像亚历山德拉·托尔或露西·斯科尔那样的人,你就会有一个你喜欢的高级产品,那是完全由人类完成的,你知道,不仅仅是类似于有声书,我也可以看到一个空间,那里有不同的版本,显然这两种的价格点也会不同,你知道,也许我们可以看看我们现在有什么,上次我们谈论,嗯,我们第一次和你谈论亚历山德拉是在2020年。>> 如果我们当时谈论特别版精装书,>> 彩绘书边,>> 喷绘书边,我请求你的原谅,>> 人们从Shopify销售,那才只有5年前,你知道,>> 世界一直在发展,我认为,你知道,>> 我们会说,我们会说一切都将上线,对吗?我们不是吗?就像你说的,五六年前,我们说:“哦,你知道,印刷正在消亡。它会消失。我们都会用Kindle,而现在突然印刷又回来了。每个人都想把他们的印刷书放在墙上,而且>> 他们正在为这些东西支付TikTok和很多粉丝正在支付巨额资金,就像,>> 是的。所以无论如何,>> 无论如何,>> 现在我们跑题了,但是,>> 嗯,我认为,>> 我们应该让亚历山德拉说话,因为她是嘉宾。我们应该,>> 这个行业让我感到惊讶。我希望我能记住那家有声书公司的名字,我真恨自己,因为我知道,嗯,但我最近确实和一家有声书公司谈过。嗯,他们想在Incor赞助,Incor也和你们差不多。我的意思是,我们只是在避免任何人工智能,直到它不再那么有争议,因为我们不想在与会者之间制造冲突。但是,嗯,但是这家有声书公司,其中一个,>> 她正在深入探讨他们如何补偿他们的旁白。那是经过训练的,等等等等。而且你可以训练你自己的声音,比如如果我想,我可以说话一段时间,然后它就会训练我的声音,然后它就会用我的声音来创造它。所以我就想,嗯,那会伤害谁呢,你知道吗?我的意思是,我不是,我不是。所以,嗯,这将非常有趣,看看,是的,就像我们在一两年后会怎样。而且>> 它可能就是那种事情,现在它确实,我认为它就是那种事情。它既是好事也是坏事。就像五年后我们可能会回到这里,我们会说,你相信曾经有一段时间,在你的翻译中使用人工智能是有争议的吗?所以,>> 是的,这只是一个变化的过程,处于>> 中间,我认为它是如此的个体化。我认为,你知道,嗯,你不能真正评判别人,我认为,因为你没有过他们的生活。你不知道他们能负担得起什么,你不知道他们如何生产东西。如果他们有一个好主意,并且能写一个好故事,我的意思是,他们当然应该把它公之于众。>> 是的。>> 以多种形式。>> 是的。>> 是的。

那么,我们来谈谈一些关于人工智能更实际的东西吧。我觉得我们已经,我认为道德方面的事情我们已经谈得够多了,除非还有人想补充什么。没有。>> 那么,嗯,如果有人完全没有涉足人工智能,他们有点不确定,也许我们的一些对话已经说服他们可以稍微尝试一下。那么,你能给我们一个关于人工智能作为作家助手的概念吗?它看起来像什么,你可能会用它做什么。

是的。嗯,我会考虑所有你讨厌做的事情。你明白我的意思吗?所以,例如,嗯,最简单的事情,我先避开营销文案,因为也许你对此有异议。所以,我们暂时把那个放在一边。但最近,我收到,嗯,我有一份完整的稿件提交给我的编辑,回来的时候,时间持续不断地持续,我的时间有问题。好吗?而这正是我作为一名作家所厌恶的事情之一,就像我永远不知道今天是星期二还是星期三。我有人在星期天去上班。你明白我的意思吗?这就像我无法追踪这个人被绑架了多久,等等。

所以,嗯,我对此有问题。比如那个人在那里待了12个小时,而他们本应该只待3个小时什么的。所以我,我有一个ChatGPT账户。嗯,所以如果你不是,如果你想小步尝试,我会创建一个ChatGPT账户。我为我的账户付费。大概每月10美元。嗯,我很确定,而且我每次都会进入隐身模式,嗯,你可以,有一个小按钮,比如让自己隐形什么的。如果我把我的手稿交给它,我就是这么做的。但我也相信如果你付费,它不会,它不会训练你的手稿。它不会对你的文件做任何事情。但我上传了我的手稿,我说我只是剪切粘贴了编辑说的话,我说我有一些时间连续性问题。你能找出所有我存在问题的地方,同时检查整个文本以确保没有其他问题吗?于是,大约45秒后,它就说,你知道,在第12章,这里有问题。这是我的建议。把它改成星期二,这样就解决了三章后出现的另一个问题。无论它会花我多少时间,当我说几天时,我的意思是,>> 它会花我一周时间,我会在过程中哭三次,就像,我真的可以做出这些改变。它在所有方面都正确,我修复了它并把它发回去了,就像结束了一样,它还发现了另外两件我不想要的东西,你知道,那些错误的东西。嗯,

所以那是一个例子。另一件事,嗯,我当时正在写一本书,我决定使用我在四年前写的一本书中用过的一对侦探夫妇。我当时想,“哦,这将是一个很好的方式把这两个独立的故事联系起来。我会用我过去已经创造的那对夫妇。但自从我写那个故事以来已经四五年了。所以我把它提交给了ChatGPT。我只是,所以ChatGPT,你就像和一个人说话一样打字给它。所以我说:“嘿,嗯,我很久以前写了这本书,我真的不记得这两个角色,法拉和凯文的细节了。你能阅读这份手稿,并把所有细节,并分享所有关于他们的细节吗?”所以,它写了这样一份三页的摘要,包括他们的亲戚和我提到的任何细节,比如他开一辆蓝色F-250卡车,你知道,他,你知道,吃多力多滋,等等。就像,这是我在这本书的任何场景中提到过的关于这个角色的每一个细节。我把所有这些都放在那里了。再次,我当时想,你知道,一分钟后,我本应该读完整个东西,比如尝试写笔记。我会分心。我要花一周时间才能读完那本书。所以,那些只是瞬间为我节省了时间,金钱,我说,还有金钱。节省了我的时间。嗯,我喜欢做的另一件事是,我会在写作时把它放在一边,任何时候我需要研究细节。

嗯,我选择去那里而不是谷歌,因为如果我去谷歌,第一,我会分心。嗯,第二,你知道,你打开一个网站,然后你看到别的东西,然后你收到一个Facebook通知什么的。所以,我会用那个。当我需要一些东西时,比如我需要一种能让人昏迷的药物,类似于氯仿,我当时正在写家庭悬疑小说。但是,嗯,我把所有这些都打出来了,就像我说的,首先我说我正在写小说,因为否则很多时候它不会告诉你那样的事情,你知道,因为它认为你在做一些邪恶的事情。所以我说我正在写小说,它知道我一直在写小说,这就是我正在寻找的。你能告诉我有什么东西能做到这一点吗?它给了我三个选项,都经过了很好的研究,所有细节都有,但后来它又说,你可以编造一些东西,你知道,就像这是一本小说。比如就说一种无力的气体。比如你不需要说出来。我当时想,你知道吗?你完全正确。你知道,所以我当时就想,我为什么觉得有必要呢?绑匪又不会说,抓住那罐钠什么的。你明白我的意思吗?他们只是会打开这个罐子然后拧紧它。所以,嗯,所以它也为那种情况提供了一些好主意。但是,嗯,我曾经有,你知道,一个场景发生在加利福尼亚的红杉国家森林公园的冬天,我想知道那个季节森林会是什么味道,或者,你知道,树上会有叶子吗?你知道,只是问它这样的事情,而不是我花很长时间试图弄清楚我的角色藏在什么类型的灌木后面,>> 那种灌木会有叶子还是会开花,它会开花吗,那种花会是什么味道?我可以,我可以直接问它,它就能做研究,只需要我三分钟,你知道。是的。然后我就有结果了。所以我用它来做这些事情。我让它为我的整本书写大纲。我必须创建,你知道,一本图书圣经或系列圣经。我可以给它。

我正要说,这对系列作品来说是巨大的省时。是的。>> 是的。>> 那么它有没有犯错,比如在做那个系列圣经或者重新为你做那本四年前的书的时候?它都做对了吗?>> 就像那种,它都做对了。嗯,我没有读那本书来确认,但当我浏览时,我心想,哦,对了。我当时想,我怎么连那个都不知道?然后我又想,哦,还有那个随机的场景,他提到了默特尔阿姨什么的。所以,我没有注意到任何差异或问题。

嗯,有时它确实会出错或者误解一些事情。我写很多双第一人称视角的故事,我确信Marlo有时会对此感到困惑,因为>> 如果你的标题不清楚,有时它不知道是谁在说话。是的。>> 或者我可能在我的写作中有点令人困惑,你知道,但肯定不是。不,我们不会责怪>> 提示。提示总是完美的,亚历山德拉。总是完美的。是的,但你也可以问,我想,我的意思是,我们都在网上看过关于聊天机器人给出一些疯狂答案的表情包,我对此完全不否认。我认为随着时间的推移,它会越来越好。我不用ChatGPT。我是Claude的用户。嗯,但过程完全一样。但你也可以,我喜欢Claude的一点,我不确定我不用ChatGPT,是它会给你参考文献。所以它会给你参考文献的链接,如果你正在研究非虚构类内容,它会告诉你信息来源,比如我也会这样做,因为我写的书背景设定在美国。我去过很多次,但在那里生活非常不同。所以你知道如果这个人四月份在俄勒冈州波特兰,天气会怎么样,这就是你知道的那种,它会给出,它会在下面链接到,你知道,weather.com或者什么,嗯,波特兰旅游,你知道,它会给你,>> 所以这增加了一定程度的可靠性,但如果是我觉得有点像我们之前私下聊过的驯鹿话题,我会说,嘿,嗯,你确定吗?你知道,你能再核实一下吗?然后我就会说,>> 是的,有一件事很糟糕,就是数字和加法,比如我聊天时加20个数字。>> 它给了我,我当时说,你错了。然后你就像,你对了。然后它又给了我一个新答案,也是错的。我当时想,你怎么能做所有这些复杂的事情,却不能算20个数字?这个段落有多少个词,它会告诉你从10到>> 2000个词?是的,我知道。我很少说我比什么东西更擅长数学,但我确实更擅长数学。

那么,作家可以以哪种低风险的方式将人工智能添加到他们的工作中呢?比如,你会从哪里开始?只是>> 嗯,我有偏见。我会从author's AI开始。不。嗯,实际上,嗯,authors AI是authors.ai,我们有Marlo,他是一个发展型编辑。所以基本上,嗯,如果你,如果你负担不起人类发展型编辑,或者,嗯,发展型编辑,我们有很多,我们与十几个合作创建了报告的不同部分,他们会希望你在交给他们之前进行一次强有力的自我编辑。嗯,Marlo在这方面提供了极好的反馈。你可以上传你的报告和手稿。它是安全的。任何人都看不到它。在15分钟内,你将收到大量反馈,包括你可以修复的不同问题和你做得好的不同方面。但除此之外,嗯,你可能正在使用它。如果你有任何类型的,嗯,校对软件,你可能正在使用它。比如,我的意思是,Vellum就使用它。我的意思是,你正在以各种不同的方式使用人工智能。但是如果你想,我只是,我确实想做事情,看看你讨厌做什么,以及你在你的过程中讨厌做什么,可能有一个技术解决方案可以解决,我不是指写作。如果你讨厌写作,你应该找另一份工作。你明白我的意思吗?但是,嗯,但是如果你讨厌,比如,嗯,当我完成,嗯,当我完成一份手稿时,我做的第一件事之一,我会让它放一段时间,然后我以前总是做的第一件事就是列大纲。我会列出大纲。而且,嗯,我确实认为我在列大纲时阅读它是有价值的。但问题是,我会在列大纲的过程中开始编辑,但我真的需要列出大纲,这样我才能看到我多久切换一次视角,以及是否有我可以删除的场景或类似的东西。而且,你知道,那个过程花了我大约一周时间,你知道。这件事我虽然不喜欢做,但它真的很有帮助,尽管很费力。就像现在我会,你知道,让技术来做。我会用ChatGPT或Claude。Claude更适合小说。嗯,但如果你是,如果你是这个领域的新手,我不想给你太多东西。所以,嗯,

chatbt 非常简单,而且是免费的。我的意思是,你可以随便去玩玩。我喜欢用它做的另一件事是,比如,为我的书写一个段落的摘要,你知道,或者像那样,然后我将用它们来创建,或者我说,“嘿,我想创建一系列的 Tik Tok 短片。你能,你知道,为我的书创建 10 个标语,或者类似的东西吗?” >> 嗯,>> 是的,>> 它对你的通讯,用于主题行 >> 和预览内容真的很有用。我只是说,“你能,你知道,这是为我的舒适悬疑美食舒适悬疑通讯准备的,我有一些促销活动即将推出,它会附带所有这些建议,它看起来会像什么,用于标语,用于,你知道,主题行。” >> 是的。那是个好观点。>> 是的。我认为你有点停止说话了,你想说,“哦,我们还是不谈营销吧,但我们来谈谈营销吧。”因为 >> 那对很多作者来说是一个很大的痛点,不是吗?那部分是人们会抱怨的。>> 我不知道,你说作者不喜欢,或者有些人不喜欢用它来做营销,但我觉得对我来说,我更喜欢用 AI 来做这件事,而不是用它来处理我的手稿,因为 >> 因为你已经完成了产品,你知道,而且感觉 >> 你已经写完了书,现在我用它来帮助我 >> 做所有其他事情,我没意见。这不正常吗?>> 不,我认为这是一个正常的使用方式。我认为我对此很敏感,因为就在上周,我看到一位作者在抱怨,比如,你知道,我可以自己创作钩子,或者你知道,这是一篇反 AI 的帖子。所以,我认为我,我认为我可能过于敏感,不必要地敏感。但我认为这是一个绝对合乎道德的使用案例。而且,正如我所说,我们没有人,我的意思是,通常会聘请营销公司来写我们的文案,如果我们这样做了,他们可能做得不好,或者他们会直接使用 chat GBT 来做。所以,嗯,是的。所以,呃,书籍描述是作者们真正挣扎的事情,它做得非常好。当我输入时,我喜欢说,所以如果你是新手,提示就是你输入到那个框里的东西,你对提示越熟练,告诉它的事情越多,它做得就越好。所以,我给它提供了整本手稿,然后我说,你知道,嗯,我想写一个非常,嗯,一个非常高转化率销售描述,你知道,为这本书,它将放在我的零售商页面上,你知道,请,你知道,利用你对畅销销售描述或高转化率小说描述的知识,然后问我你有的任何问题。所以,很多时候它会问你一些问题,帮助你做到这一点,你想让它更侧重于角色吗?你想让它更具氛围感吗?你想让它这样还是那样?然后它会问你一些问题,但然后它会给你一个书籍描述,或者只是复制粘贴你现有的书籍描述,然后说,你知道,请,你知道,让它听起来更好。嗯,我让它为我创建一个媒体工具包或推介工具包。嗯,我总是说,问我任何能帮助你更好地完成这项工作的问题。嗯,而且,至于钩子和单行本,或者我说的,“我将写一封通讯给我的读者,与他们分享这本书。我对这本书有些担忧,这与其他书不同。你能,你知道,写点东西来推销这本书,或者解释一下,你知道,这是一个警告或免责声明,说这不一样。”它能很好地简洁地分享你的故事,或者我会说,不要剧透。我想确保我们不提这个。>> 嗯,>> 和类似的东西。它做得很好。我希望我能记住,有一个软件可以创建 Tik Tok 短片,Tik Tok 就像 >> 它叫做 author scale。>> 是的,就是它。>> 我没用过。是的。是的,>> author scale。你上传你的手稿,然后你告诉它,比如,你想要多长的幻灯片,它就会创建。它会创建后面的图形,或者你可以创建,或者你可以上传图形,如果,如果,比如图像创建是你划定的界限之一,但它做得很好。有些它提取出来的,你会说,“这是垃圾。这是垃圾。”但然后你会说,“哦,我喜欢那个。”或者,“哦,我甚至没想过那个。”你知道,它确实。嗯,我创建了很多。我创建了很多,保存了,但从未真正使用过。>> 人性,对吧?>> 30 分钟。我做了很多事,但从未用过。>> 就是这样。是的,就是这样。我认为这是节省时间方面,对我来说,这是节省脑力方面的,就像。所以,然后我有了创造力方面的东西。我是个营销人员,我知道在营销行业,我认为它肯定在萎缩,比如像我这样写钩子和写东西的人,你知道,过去可能需要 6 个小时才能为特定手稿完成的事情,现在缩短到 1 小时了,但你仍然需要人类的知识来选择。你不能绕过出版一本好书的知识。你必须知道,你是在指导,无论是 AI 还是另一个人。你必须把它们看作是另一个人,并像对待另一个人一样与它们交谈——但你仍然必须知道什么是一个好的营销钩子。读者想要什么。你知道,你必须仍然拥有那种基本理解。我认为这一点很重要,要指出的是,使用 AI 并不能减轻作者本身对他们所处行业的理解的负担。你可能不必坐在那里打出营销文案,但你需要知识来理解哪种营销文案更好。你知道,如果你写一本超级俗套的瞬间爱情怪物浪漫小说,你必须知道那些关键词,你知道,那些会,我只是觉得你,这一点很重要,有时会在谈话中丢失。它不能取代人类的知识和对读者真正想要的东西的内在理解。它可以给你分析,但我仍然认为你必须在决策中带来人性。>> 我也想,我不知道我们还有多少时间,但我只是想说,我正在和马修·乔克博士谈话,他是畅销书代码的联合创始人。>> 他真的研究过,我们进行了坦诚的谈话,我们认为这将如何?>> 生成式 AI 对作者来说有多糟糕?>> 作者来说有多糟糕?>> 他说,你知道,我写了一篇博客文章,我认为他还没有发表,因为我一直在等它,但他给了我一份草稿,这让我作为作者感觉好多了,因为他在里面说的话,我会把它说得很糟糕,因为他写得很美。我会把它说得很糟糕,但它的要点是,计算机是按照模式工作的,对吧?>> 是的,>> 那么,AI 被训练来写一本书或写一个场景,它已经读了数百万个场景,它们已经学会了这是跟随这个,跟随这个,然后发生的事情一遍又一遍地发生,而且它发生得越来越多,因为它变得越来越聪明,它基本上变成了加工食品。好的。所以它开始失去所有原创性。>> 因为它在重现它所挑选的片段。所以,你有一个结构良好的场景,有开头、中间和结尾,有行为合乎逻辑的角色吗?是的。比如,你会有一个情节转折的时刻,或者一个让你大笑的时刻吗?是的,很可能。比如,它在幽默方面已经做得非常好了。>> 你知道,诸如此类的事情。但是,但是,但是,你将会拥有的是一整本书都是平淡无奇的。而且它甚至不会开始发生,它已经发生了。比如,如果你,你知道,他说,如果你读得够长,它就会非常像这样,它有它认为应该有的恰到好处的调制量,但它就像加工食品。你只是开始失去所有原创性。他说,你知道,所以这就是我们作为不可预测的人类,拥有塑造我们的生活经历和我们独特的个性,我们独特而与众不同,这就是为什么它永远无法写出杰作。它可能会写出一些商业上很受欢迎的东西,因为那是它所知道的,它知道如何做到这一点。但它将是一本《甜水高中》的书,而不是>> 不>> 比如朱迪·布鲁姆的,你知道。>> 是的。>> 你是>> 亲爱的上帝,玛格丽特,还是什么?>> 是的。谢谢。是的。所以,它不会是像外面那样,或者与众不同,或者任何独特的东西,或者你会跑回家告诉你的好朋友,因为你刚刚读了这本书,它让你着迷。这让我感到如此平静,阅读它,你知道,但是,我认为会越来越难的是>> 我们已经在处理的事情,这就是为什么我对技术方面感到兴奋,比如,我们如何找到那些很棒的,或者脱颖而出的,不同的书。>> 嗯,>> 以及什么能真正吸引这个特定读者,因为每个读者的喜好都不同。>> 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我只是想说,我不知道我们还有多少时间,但我只是想说,我正在和马修·乔克博士谈话,他是畅销书代码的联合创始人。>> 他真的研究过,我们进行了坦诚的谈话,我们认为这将如何?>> 生成式 AI 对作者来说有多糟糕?>> 作者来说有多糟糕?>> 他说,你知道,我写了一篇博客文章,我认为他还没有发表,因为我一直在等它,但他给了我一份草稿,这让我作为作者感觉好多了,因为他在里面说的话,我会把它说得很糟糕,因为他写得很美。我会把它说得很糟糕,但它的要点是,计算机是按照模式工作的,对吧?>> 是的,>> 那么,AI 被训练来写一本书或写一个场景,它已经读了数百万个场景,它们已经学会了这是跟随这个,跟随这个,然后发生的事情一遍又一遍地发生,而且它发生得越来越多,因为它变得越来越聪明,它基本上变成了加工食品。好的。所以它开始失去所有原创性。>> 因为它在重现它所挑选的片段。所以,你有一个结构良好的场景,有开头、中间和结尾,有行为合乎逻辑的角色吗?是的。比如,你会有一个情节转折的时刻,或者一个让你大笑的时刻吗?是的,很可能。比如,它在幽默方面已经做得非常好了。>> 你知道,诸如此类的事情。但是,但是,但是,你将会拥有的是一整本书都是平淡无奇的。而且它甚至不会开始发生,它已经发生了。比如,如果你,你知道,他说,如果你读得够长,它就会非常像这样,它有它认为应该有的恰到好处的调制量,但它就像加工食品。你只是开始失去所有原创性。他说,你知道,所以这就是我们作为不可预测的人类,拥有塑造我们的生活经历和我们独特的个性,我们独特而与众不同,这就是为什么它永远无法写出杰作。它可能会写出一些商业上很受欢迎的东西,因为那是它所知道的,它知道如何做到这一点。但它将是一本《甜水高中》的书,而不是>> 不>> 比如朱迪·布鲁姆的,你知道。>> 是的。>> 你是>> 亲爱的上帝,玛格丽特,还是什么?>> 是的。谢谢。是的。所以,它不会是像外面那样,或者与众不同,或者任何独特的东西,或者你会跑回家告诉你的好朋友,因为你刚刚读了这本书,它让你着迷。这让我感到如此平静,阅读它,你知道,但是,我认为会越来越难的是>> 我们已经在处理的事情,这就是为什么我对技术方面感到兴奋,比如,我们如何找到那些很棒的,或者脱颖而出的,不同的书。>> 嗯,>> 以及什么能真正吸引这个特定读者,因为每个读者的喜好都不同。>> 嗯,因为我们现在正在努力的是一个饱和的市场,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,而且,and it's free. I mean, you could you could just go and just play around. And the other thing I like to use it for is like um writing a one paragraph summary of my book, you know, or like to and then I'll use those to create or I say, "Hey, I want to create like a bunch of Tik Tok reels. Can you, you know, can you create like 10 taglines for my book or that sort of thing?" >> Um, >> yeah, >> it's really good for um your newsletter for doing subject lines >> and then preview inside. I just I just say, "Can you get, you know, I'm this is for my cozy mystery culinary cozy mystery newsletter, and I've got these promos coming out, and it'll come out with all these suggestions what it could look like for a for a tagline for a, you know, subject line." >> It is. That's a great point. >> Yeah. I think a lot you kind of stopped talking when you wanted to, you were saying, "Oh, well, let's not talk about marketing, but let's talk about marketing." because >> that's a big pain point, isn't it, for a lot of authors. That sort of is the part that people groan over. >> And I sort of I don't know, you said that authors don't like or there's people who don't like using it for marketing, but I feel like to me that's the bit that I'm more comfortable using AI with than using it on my manuscript because >> because you already made the product kind of thing and it feels >> you've written the book now I don't mind using it to help me >> do all that other stuff. Is that not a a normal viewpoint? >> No, I think I think it's a normal use. I think I am sensitive to it because just last week I saw an author ranting about like, you know, I can create my own hooks or what, you know, it was an anti-AII post. So, I think I'm I think I'm potentially sensitive, unnecessarily sensitive about it. But I I think it's absolutely ethical use case. And I don't, like I said, none of us are, I mean, typically hiring marketing firms to write our copy and if we did, they would probably not do a great job or they would just use chat GBT to do it. So, um, yeah. So, uh, book descriptions is something authors really struggle with and it does a really good job. And what I like to say when I enter, so if you're new to, the prompt is what you type into like the box and the better you are with the prompt and the more things that you tell it, the better a job it does. So I have either given it the entire manuscript and I've said you know um I want to write a really um a really high converting sales description you know for this book that will go on my retailer page you know please you know use your knowledge of you know best-selling sales descriptions or you know high converting uh fiction descriptions and then and ask me any questions that you have and so a lot of times it'll ask you some questions that'll help you do do you want it to be more character focused, do you want it to be moody? Do you want it to be this or that? Then it'll ask you some questions, but then it'll give you a book description or just copy and paste your existing book description and say, you know, please, you know, make this sound better. Um, I've asked it to create a media kit for me or a pitch kit. Um, and it and ask and I always say like ask me any questions that will help you do a better job of this. Um, and uh, but as far as with hooks and oneliners or like I I say, "I'm going to write a newsletter to my audience and share this book with them. I have a little concerns this is different than my other books. Can you, you know, type up something um that pitches them on this book or something that explains that, you know, that this is um, you know, a warning or a disclaimer that this is different." And it does a great job of just like concisely um concise concisely sharing your story and or I'll say like no spoilers. I want to make sure that we don't mention this >> um >> and and that sort of thing. It does it does a great job. I wish I could remember there is a a software that creates Tik Tok re Tik Tok like >> it's called author scale. >> Yeah, that's it. >> I haven't used it. Yeah. Yeah, >> author scale. You upload your manuscript and then you tell it like um how long a slideshows you want and it'll create it. It creates the graphics behind it or you can create or you can upload graphics if you if if like image creation is is like one of your lines in the sand, but it does a really good job. Some of them it pulls out, you're like, "This is garbage. This is garbage." But then you're like, "Oh, I like that." Or, "Oh, I didn't even think about that." you know, and it does. Um, it I created a bunch. I c it's one of those things. I created a bunch, saved them, never ever anywhere. >> Human nature, right? >> 30 minutes. I got a lot done that I never used. >> That's it. Yeah, that's it. I think it it's it's the timesaving aspect and it it to me it's the it's as much the the mental load saving as it is, you know. So, then I've got that for the creativity side of things. And I mean I'm a marketer and I know in the marketing industry I think it is definitely shrinking like people like myself that were the people that would write the hooks and write the things you know that the time that you know might have been a 6h hour sort of period to do that for a particular manuscript now is down to 1 hour but you still need the human knowledge behind what to select. Like you can't shortcut the knowledge about publishing a good book. You've got to know you you're directing whether it's the AI or whether it's another person. You've got to think of them as another person and speak to them like they're another person- but you've still got to know what makes a good app marketing hook. What what what the readers want. What are the you know it you've got to still have that fundamental understanding. And I think that's that's important to kind of point out to people that it doesn't using an AI doesn't take away from the onus on the author themselves to understand that the industry that they're in. You might not have to be sitting there typing out the marketing copy, but you need the knowledge to understand which is the better marketing copy to pick kind of thing. you know, if you're writing a super tropey insta love monster romance, you've got to know that those keywords, you know, that are going to I I just feel that you that's so important that sometimes gets lost in the conversation. It's not a replacement for human knowledge and and and that innate understanding of what readers really want. It can give you the analysis of it, but I still think that bring you you've got to bring the humanity to the table in decision making. >> I also I just want to I don't know how much time we have left, but I just want to sh say I was having a conversation with Dr. Matthew Jockers who's the co-founder who wrote the bestseller code >> and he really has studied and we were having like a frank conversation like what where do we think this >> how bad is generative AI going to be like for authors like what how bad is this and um and he was like you know I wrote a blog post and I don't think he's published it yet because I keep waiting for it but he sent me a draft of it and it really made me feel so much better as an author because what he said in it and I'm going to do a really bad job because he wrote it so beautifully. I'm going to do a really bad job of stating it, but the gist of it is that computers work in patterns, right? So >> yeah, >> what it what a AI that has been trained to write a book or write a scene has read millions and millions of scenes and they have learned that this follows this follows this and what happens after that happens over and over and over again is it is happening more and more because it's getting smarter and smarter is it becomes basically like processed food. Okay. So it starts to lose all originality >> because it's recreating what it's picking pieces about. So it so do you have a well constructed scene that has a beginning, middle, and end and has characters who who behave in a logical manner? Yes, like are you going to have like that moment of plot twist or that that like like are you gonna have a laugh out loud moment? Yes, probably. Like it's actually gotten really good at humor. Um, you know, and things like that. But but are but what is going to happen is you're just going to start having like a whole book that is blah. And it's not even going to start happen. It's already happening. Like if you you know he was saying if you if you read a long enough thing it's just very like this like it has the exact amount of modulation that it thinks it should have in order to do this but it's it's like processed food. You just start to lose all originality. And he's like you know so that is where we as unpredictable human beings with you know like life life you know experiences that mold our and our unique personality are our unique and different and that is why it will never be able to write a masterpiece. It might write something that is widespread commercially appealing because that is what it knows and it knows how to do that. But it's going to be a Sweet Valley High book. It's not going to be >> no >> like Judy Bloom's whatever that Margaret, you know. >> Yeah. >> Are you the >> Dear God Margaret or whatever. >> Yes. Thank you. Yeah. So, it's not going to be something out like outside of the norm or that is different or that is anything unique or that you run home and tell your best friend about because you just read this book like gripped you. And that gave me like such peace like reading that is that you know um but what I think is going to be harder and harder is >> something we're already dealing with and that's why I'm excited on the technology side to say like okay how can we surface books that are great or that are stand out are different >> um >> and that are what a reader what discovering what really appeals to this specific reader because every reader has a different DNA of what they like >> um the what Because what we are struggling with now is a saturated market, but also like everyone's getting so good with packaging that it's really hard to know like >> what book we can only describe a book in a hundred words so many ways, you know. Um, and the better you get at packaging, the harder it is. And I'm my fear is that readers will be reading books and just be disappointed. And the every time you have a reader have an interaction with a book that isn't like great, it makes the chance of them picking up another book a little less. And so I think they'll really start becoming loyal to certain authors and becoming less likely to try new authors. Um, which is, you know, which is a which is sad, >> but I I think that's that's our future. >> Yeah. So which makes it more important to us as authors to kind of create the brand around ourselves and to draw readers into us. And so things like newsletters and and creating like I don't know just places for readers to come and be around us kind of more important maybe if that's what people are going to be doing. And I feel it myself. I'm like I've got um a favorite author at the moment and I'm just like looking around at all these other books I could read. Like my my TBR pile is literally an entire shelf of books on my not these ones. I've read all these ones, but the ones in my room and and I don't want any of them. I want another book by this one particular author that I love and it's and I I don't know. I I seriously doubt that AI could replicate her because she's so quirky and everything is bouncing, you know, like I don't know. Maybe it could, but um I'm I'm connecting to her as the author and to her stories because I I her I can feel her same voice in all of the stories even though they're quite different stories every time. And that's what I think maybe we have to think about as authors trying to kind of navigate this new new world perhaps based on what you're saying. >> And I I also think the other thing with AI is like what we have felt and I have felt and I think all the Sparos have felt for a long time is there's so much that we have to do as indie authors. There's so many things that we have to be good at in so many different areas. It's not just about the writing. It's like the marketing and and the social media and getting out there and doing all these things and trying to be good at all these different areas that actually it makes a lot of sense to use AI to help us kind of rein in that kind of expectation of being amazing at everything and just being able to allow us to focus in back on the writing that book a little bit more and not have to be amazing at everything. >> It's also great for the admin. Just very quickly just of just to add on to what Alisandra is saying about a a sort of a entry if you like it or a a a tool I use it I upload my KDP um report cuz I numbers scare me and spreadsheets really scare me like I'm just not good and it frightens me. Um not in a good way. Um I get I just I don't know. I've just got this hang up about maths and um and I say how does this look? like how does it look compared and it's it's really good at that and and that's not you know what wherever's little AI brain wants to do with it is fine with me kind of thing and that's nothing to do with generative AI or you know anything create it's the opposite of creative to me to me and and I'm like you know I had a very experimental last year and I tried different genres and I tried you know on a couple of different pens and I kind of thought I had known what was the best way to go in terms of business like purely business and and and I call him he cuz he's a he and he said this is where you should be focusing if you want to write that for you know like this and and this is what the numbers say and I found that really really helpful because it's no there's no emotion behind it or bias it's just purely on the numbers >> another option I like that. I like the idea of also like putting in your business plan and saying, "Please >> look this over. Give me any ideas." >> Yeah. Or like I really want to expand, you know, my my Yeah. Like diversify my income. >> Yeah. >> But ask me questions, you know, that will help you. Give me some guidance. And like you said, it's not biased. >> No. >> If you don't if you go screw you, it's not me, you know. So >> yeah, >> screw you. I'm not doing any of that. >> Horrible idea. >> I've been operating like that. >> Like you're right. It is a horrible idea. Can't help them. >> I know. Yeah. Just know that they are programmed to tell you you're amazing all the time. But you know what? Sometimes it's actually really nice to be spoken to kindly like, you know, I think there it's sometimes it's a nice thing, you know. You know, it's a machine, but actually having a little word of encouragement is not a bad thing. It's a tough world out there. >> You can get it. >> So, um, Alisandra, I think we are coming towards the end of the interview here, but I just want to ask you, so if if what would you say to an author who's out there who's kind of been paralyzed or scared or worried about this all the AI stuffs happening around them? How or feeling guilty or curious or how do what would you say to them? How do you what would they Yeah. How would they approach it? >> Yeah. Um the the the perfect thing to say. Um I I think I would say first of all, you can ab go through your creative process however you'd like to feel free to use AI as much or as as little as you want. What I heard someone say the other day that kind of resonated with me was that like a unfortunately AI is here. So, it's um and it's up to you if you want, but if you um but ignoring it could cause others to advance faster than you. You know what I mean? I mean, so like there um it's absolutely great to figure out how you feel about it and then to draw your lines wherever you'd like in the sand, but um but to staunchly ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist and refuse to use it to your own detriment, I feel is a mistake. So, um, if there are if anything that we said today or discussed, you're like, "Oh, that I'd be okay with," then again, I would look at what the things the part of your processes that you hate to do and is there a way that AI can do those for you. And um, and then look at also your budget and what you can afford or maybe the opportunities that you aren't capitalizing on because you don't have the budget for like editing. There are so many new authors that don't have a budget for editing or they can only afford maybe a proofreader or something like that. And there's so like AI is so smart like let it work for you in those areas because if you aren't taking money out of someone's pocket especially if you can't afford um a developmental editor or you know and uh like line editing at Grammarly is fantastic for line editing. There's so many like really good um really good tools out there that could help you create better books um at at a lower price. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That's great advice. That's perfect. All right. And what is your hope for the author community um and how we'll be using AI responsibly in the future? How do you >> how would you like it to go forward? >> I mean, I >> you can say I don't know. >> I don't I don't I I personally really don't love generative AI coming into the creative space. So, in a perfect world, I would have generative AI stop any further future developments. You know what I mean? And I would I mean I I feel like that the tools at our disposal right now are great and I don't know that I need any more tools than we have. So my my hope for the author uh community is just that there isn't necessarily hostility or judgment on one side or the other based on who's using AI for what purposes. Um, I hope that we can do what we can to protect the creative process and to amplify, you know, human voices um over a over AI and do something to stop the, you know, the over oversaturation. I love new authors coming into the space. What I don't love is like, you know, somebody publishing a book a day um that's that's AI created. I mean, that that just hurts my, you know, soul. Um, so and unfortunately, you know, there are tools for that. It's I it's much worse in non-fiction than it than it is in fiction. In the non-fiction space, I mean, if I was a non-fiction author, I don't know that I wouldn't just like I I mean, I I don't know how I'd be able to handle that, but um but it is in our fiction space as well. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. So, what I want isn't necessarily possible, but but I would love to all live in harmony and happiness and everybody. >> I want to stop the stop the witch hunt. Stop accusing people and and just it doesn't serve anything and it just >> adds to your stress. >> I think it's done out of fear and I can totally get it, right? Like I totally get this idea that >> this thing is coming in and it's going to destroy my ability to write and create and do all the things that I want to do and that I've leared to do over the last few years. >> But on the other hand of that, I think >> we can use it in some ways to help us and to and to provide us with >> um you know things that don't take away from our creativity and don't don't destroy the the things that we are trying to create here with our words and our books that we're putting out there. So I think there's there's hope for that and I'm really hopeful actually based on what you're saying that the blog post that you're talking about the idea that actually what the AI could create is very bland and a certain things and we have the human originality on our side that will hopefully keep us you know in the game. >> Yeah. >> I like to hope >> on the wider on the wider front. personally think that the actual focus on these are particularly on creative writing is going to be so minuscule compared to what their development is in other areas. I think we're just a blip in the ocean generally which may >> go towards supporting your hope Alessandra that's my personal maybe a little bit Polyiana but I do think even if you don't want to use it even in an assistive way I think it's important that authors understand it is being used it is being used on all the retailer platforms it's being used on all social media um it is being used um >> businesses everywhere what was the replacing in many ways It's replacing search, it's replacing your search engines, you know that that so it's it's even if you don't want to use it, you need to understand it is being used. You you can't silo yourself from it. Um so when you're for example building your website, you've got to make sure that you're you use keywords in that website of what you're writing. So, it will be, you know, um Joe Smith writing, um, you know, thriller, suspense in for readers that enjoy blah blah blah blah blah, you know, just that kind of thing is so important now because those AIs will be um using those keywords. So, when somebody puts in a search, that will be what's what's coming up. Even if you don't use it in any other aspect, you just need to know that it is being used. Mhm. >> Yeah. >> And it isn't going away. >> No, >> I'm sorry. >> Yeah. >> One of the advantages of aging, one of the many advantages of aging is I've we've I've been through going from photography from a dark room to Photoshop, which was going to be the end of photography. I've seen industries go because I used to work in the newspaper industry. So, I've literally seen entire um not industries, but um jobs, you know. I I do understand that that comes with massive shift but I've also seen and I think we all remember this the days before self-publishing self-publishing I remember you know Joe Conra tsunami of of you know was going to um come in and and decimate publishing so I think with any major change I think there's always fear around that I totally get that I totally do but I do I think I have a hope. I do think that eventually progress benefits. There's always a benefit. Yes, there. And I just also think that um I don't know. I just I feel like I feel very positive about the future. >> That's good. >> Good. >> Yay. And on that note, >> I think that's important. Yeah. I think that's important. It's not all doom and gloom like this. >> No. >> So many things have happened. I've been in this industry 13 years, something like that. So many things have happened. There have been so many times like we will we've all been here a while. Like this is just another development and you know >> so it um >> and the readers stick with us. You know what I mean? I mean the readers >> people still want to be around the around the fire pit listening to a story. They still do, >> you know, from another human. >> Yes. Absolutely. >> Yeah. So on that note, thank you so much for joining us here today. Appreciate it. >> Absolutely. Great to see you guys. Thank you for having me. >> That's And so if someone wants to get in contact with you, find out more, where's the best place to go? >> Absolutely. So if you're interested um in my books, alisandra.com um and uh if you're interested in trying out Marlo, you can visit authors.ai and try Marlo there. Marlo has a free report. It's not great, but it'll let you see like the upload process. And there is some interesting things there that it will surface. And then the pro report is very affordable. I mean you can get started for less than $20 or you can um you know purchase a single report. So yeah it's very affordable. So it's designed for that. >> So thank you so much and found we can be found at self um spargirl podcast self-publishing authors podcast which is us but yes spargirlpodcast.com we can be found. We are, I would say, conservatively 50 people away from 4,000 on YouTube. And I know that I said I wouldn't beg for any more subscribers, but should you be inclined just to get us over that 4,000 mark, it's a it's that would make us that would make us a very happy woman. Just saying. >> So that's Spar Girls podcast. We like to make us happy. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome. Um, thank you so much, Alisandra. We've had a fantastic chat here today. I feel very happy with everything we've said and I hope that everyone who's listening has taken something positive from it and uh maybe something to think about and and go forward with. Um, but that's us for now. We'll see you all again next week with another episode. But for now, farewell. >> Keep well. >> Bye >> bye. >> Bye guys.