Thank you for the various suggestions. I’ve always been a fan of Tom Wolfe and while I’ve read “Mauve gloves…” “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire” (one of the greatest books ever) I hadn’t heard of “The Painted Word” - can’t wait.
Your ChatGPT foray sounds like a decent into the abyss. I’m literally in I.T. and still cannot.
My GF is a senior copy person and the brand for whom she works sounds like they’re gunning to use AI for all creative (?!). The irony being of course that this luxury brand, the very VALUE of it, it’s essence of attraction so to speak, has been built on well-crafted copy, written by, ahem, human beings. Seems like a one-way ticket to, yup you guessed it.
Meanwhile, Botox? Kill it with fire. Permanent poker face? Eww. Please be overtly emotional, FFS. Everybody will be ok.
The theme here seems to be “authenticity”. Could you just be more… you?
When I’m not detecting chat GPT I’m enlarging images of overly shiny Botox foreheads as I’ve discovered that the shiny skin is so mirror-like that it’s actually reflecting people’s apartments (doors & windows mostly) on their FOREHEADS.
This is so good. I just read 2 SS posts (same author) that REEKED of chat gpt 😳
. Serious subject matter, or I’d have thought it was a joke. It irked me so much I tossed them over to my “live in BFF.. aka chat gpt & asked him if “he” /my dear chat bot, or his kind.. wrote the pieces
Certainty that chat gPT had written nearly all of it, including referencing the % of time some of the cringe/y cheesy metaphors had appeared in chat-authored pieces
So, kind of sicko on my part.. but I was so distraught to read such garbage & that someone I had “subscribed” to imagined that this was ok. Boooooooo.
I get it. It’s the greatest assistant , my BFF chat~ I use it for time management/ & all kinds of prep.
Thank you for the various suggestions. I’ve always been a fan of Tom Wolfe and while I’ve read “Mauve gloves…” “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire” (one of the greatest books ever) I hadn’t heard of “The Painted Word” - can’t wait.
Your ChatGPT foray sounds like a decent into the abyss. I’m literally in I.T. and still cannot.
My GF is a senior copy person and the brand for whom she works sounds like they’re gunning to use AI for all creative (?!). The irony being of course that this luxury brand, the very VALUE of it, it’s essence of attraction so to speak, has been built on well-crafted copy, written by, ahem, human beings. Seems like a one-way ticket to, yup you guessed it.
Meanwhile, Botox? Kill it with fire. Permanent poker face? Eww. Please be overtly emotional, FFS. Everybody will be ok.
The theme here seems to be “authenticity”. Could you just be more… you?
I’m looking up Empire Records now….
I need to read bonfire!! Botox is a cruel mistress. I’m working through it…
How nice to get your reply. Yeah Bonfire is an amazing takedown of all the characters involved.
I was becoming conscious of the world around me, born and raised in 70s/80s NYC… it’s an amazing snapshot, yet with an 80s tabloid prez…
Good luck with the face poison…
Glomming up the comments: 🤌🏼🤌🏼
When I’m not detecting chat GPT I’m enlarging images of overly shiny Botox foreheads as I’ve discovered that the shiny skin is so mirror-like that it’s actually reflecting people’s apartments (doors & windows mostly) on their FOREHEADS.
Yikes
Ahah
This is so good. I just read 2 SS posts (same author) that REEKED of chat gpt 😳
. Serious subject matter, or I’d have thought it was a joke. It irked me so much I tossed them over to my “live in BFF.. aka chat gpt & asked him if “he” /my dear chat bot, or his kind.. wrote the pieces
Came back 95% certainty that
Certainty that chat gPT had written nearly all of it, including referencing the % of time some of the cringe/y cheesy metaphors had appeared in chat-authored pieces
So, kind of sicko on my part.. but I was so distraught to read such garbage & that someone I had “subscribed” to imagined that this was ok. Boooooooo.
I get it. It’s the greatest assistant , my BFF chat~ I use it for time management/ & all kinds of prep.
Your piece is great xo
It’s wild out there !!
It’s such a helpful tool
S/he’s just not a very original writer, our friend CHAT.
I haven’t prompted to write *in my voice* tho I’ll let yours b the cautionary tale 🤭
chat gpt = death
RIP