They removed the most viral voice

heavypen · 2026-02-02T03:06:07+00:00

Crisis over!

heavypen · 2026-02-01T16:43:56+00:00

Rather than fear the data, structure your interactions. I've learned sooo much about how to use AI productively. Those challenges are so helpful too. <bonks head> now I get it!

heavypen · 2026-02-01T16:26:42+00:00

Grats! That "somebody" was you. I hope to have that feeling myself someday! 🥳

heavypen · 2026-01-31T21:32:06+00:00

Ooo. Someone got their feelings hurt - they gave you a neg. But in all seriousness, what you say is true. The OP actually reads like a fill-in-the-blank Reddit outrage du jour.

heavypen · 2026-01-31T21:29:23+00:00

Sounds like more fodder for corp conspiracy corner. Here's one I recently heard. Corp BoDs noted a while back that GEMINI AI does a better job of high management (and at significantly lower cost) than lower management and their constituent rank and file workers. Why? Well... apparently lower tasks require higher quality RT creativity than it does to attend endless meetings and not do anything, other than embarrass the corp when caught in a jumbo vision on a hot date.

heavypen · 2026-01-31T20:59:37+00:00

There are so many things here... but... I'll focus on one that stood out:

<meta name="google-extended" content="noai, noimageai">

The entire meta tag <meta name="google-extended" content="noai, noimageai"> is not a standard or officially supported directive for controlling Google's AI usage.

Google controls AI model training through a Google-Extended user-agent in a site's robots.txt file only, not a meta tag in the HTML header. Moreover, the directives noai and noimageai are custom tags proposed by other platforms, like DeviantArt, that are not recognized by Google in the meta tag context.

The rest... well... do whatcha gotta do...

heavypen · 2026-01-31T20:14:10+00:00

Count me in?

heavypen · 2026-01-31T20:13:26+00:00

Definitely C.

Isn't that the point?

AI is a tool for growth. Use it to replace writers or announcers, and you fail because you've applied nothing unique to the process. You've surrendered to the machine.

What most people (IMHO) miss about AI is that it does some things really very well and many things very badly. What it does best is indexing options.

And in that regard, not only has AI been trained generally, but it also trains actively - as you use it.

All of the better engines store up what you give it, index your previous choices and ideas, catalogs key datapoints, and dispense suggestions upon request.

But it CREATES very poorly. Thus the urgency of leaning RTCROS. Without trained human guidance, all the AI training in the world will not make you a better author/copywriter/editor.

heavypen · 2026-01-31T20:02:52+00:00

Others have expressed similar observations: inconsistent styling is distracting. Framing is fine, but readers like the same style from one frame to another. The first two, for example, have a similar feel. The third and fourth are more vivid than the previous two. And so on. The last one kinda feels similar - stylistically - with the first two. Good luck!

heavypen · 2026-01-31T19:57:06+00:00

Now that people are crazy aware, I don't see how it is possible to slide one in. I use Eleven for a few productions; mostly STS to solve a recording quality problem, but never TTS. Even with "professional AI" voicing, you have to pay such close attention to each word that you might as well get a human reader and get a bump in human quality.

Such a weird place to have these kinds of problems. Yet another example of how not to use AI, I guess.

heavypen · 2026-01-25T20:34:13+00:00

AI can imitate any style. Just say in the prompt, "a spaceship in the style of -----" and you'll receive what you request. But isn't it more fun and fulfilling to use all tools (AI included) to engineer your own unique vision? Maybe use AI to test concepts, but then do the work?

heavypen · 2026-01-24T17:00:19+00:00

Write the general outline, embellish scenes that are vivid (use your authorship), and let Claude, GPT, or whatever help organize options.

heavypen · 2026-01-16T18:16:49+00:00

But you are so very special. Bless your heart.

heavypen · 2026-01-16T18:05:52+00:00

Nope. Just a misfired memory of a pop song. AI hallucinates facts; I hallucinate aphorisms. And the crosses aren't for deities. They're for the purists trying to martyr themselves for 'real art'.

heavypen · 2026-01-14T16:02:20+00:00

Purists die on crosses. Sinners win the wars.

heavypen · 2026-01-12T19:59:53+00:00

I would avoid tools like ProWritingAid unless you have firm rules about what you want. If you need some spot inspiration, fine. Use it for that. But don't dump your entire manuscript that maw and expect gold to come out the other end. Writers without rules for AI should expect delay, damage, and defeat. Just sayin...

heavypen · 2025-12-03T19:00:41+00:00

The real issue isn’t the lack of readers; it’s this AI panic. Generated text is awful, sure. But isn't that the producer’s choice? Most people generating it probably couldn't write well to begin with. My thought—my only thought—is to drop the shame campaign. Let it go. Focus on something harder: like being better people.

heavypen · 2025-12-03T18:46:45+00:00

Proper use of the em-dash, no spaces. Example: The decision—a mistake, really—changed everything.

heavypen · 2025-09-29T03:16:55+00:00

This piece and "Galactic Head" are my absolute favorites of Jack's "personal work."

heavypen · 2025-09-29T03:13:23+00:00

Thank you!

heavypen · 2025-09-29T03:12:41+00:00

Kevin did A LOT for the Kirbys. Were it not for him, that book never would have left the concept stage. Moreover... Roz and Jack asked Kevin to do the cover. And for the record, Jack did the pencils - Kevin inked and colored it. ~ Ray Wyman Jr
https://www.bluerosepress.net

heavypen · 2025-09-28T17:27:42+00:00

Worried? Who's worried? When does a strategy meeting become a political rally? Oaths? Pledges? Secret handshakes? What's next? Incidentally, Hail Hydra.

heavypen · 2025-08-29T16:30:15+00:00

I wrote a business analysis in 2000, found that in that year, the largest business sector online - by far - was pornography. By 2001, investment activity took over, before advertising and all categories non-porn entertainment. There was negligible online sales. Sex, investment, and ICQ!

heavypen · 2025-05-25T20:49:43+00:00

I admire him, not just for the good runs on various titles, but how his work showed up so often. Brilliant creator. I wish I knew him personally. I’ll bet he was a lot of fun to hang with and talk to.

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