How I would vote now: 2022 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2022 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

Why Nick Cave is wrong about human creativity and generative AI

First of all, I don’t think that Nick Cave is entirely wrong. Laying aside how ChatGPT is just one of the many LLMs that are publicly available, and that using it as a stand-in for all of generative AI is like saying “AOL Online” when you mean “the internet,” he does make a fair point… Continue reading Why Nick Cave is wrong about human creativity and generative AI

How I would vote now: 1955 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (also published as The Forever Machine) The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation Things worked a little differently back in 1955. This was only the second time the Hugo Awards were given out (the first was in 1953), though it was… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1955 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

How Not To Write An AI-Assisted Novel

The worst way to write a novel with generative AI is to make the AI do all the work. In fact, thinking of it in terms of “how much of the work can I get the AI to do?” is pretty much guaranteed to give you a really crappy book by the end of it.… Continue reading How Not To Write An AI-Assisted Novel

…it sure has been quiet around here

So I was looking back at my stats, and I couldn’t help but notice that (not counting yesterday’s post) it’s been almost two months since I posted anything on this blog. What happened? I could give all the normal excuses: time flying by, kids taking up the time, etc etc… but that would all be… Continue reading …it sure has been quiet around here

Thoughts on the 2023 Hugo Awards

This video gives a pretty good recap of the endless fountain of scandals surrounding the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon and Hugo Awards. Larry Correia also gives an interesting take on it on his blog, and in his writing podcast. My initial thoughts: Laying aside all of the knee-jerk internet outrage (and schadenfreude), though, I do find… Continue reading Thoughts on the 2023 Hugo Awards