Author/publisher, doing "whatever" to pay the bills and build the creative life of my dreams.
When I was little I called Dolly the Butterfly Lady. For those who don’t know she sang “I will always love you” at the end of her TV show with this large butterfly being her. My favorite Dolly song is/was “Love is like a Butterfly”. So when we saw her large butterfly at the close of the show, we knew it was bedtime. So fly high Butterfly Lady, fly high. https://youtu.be/EdPw7psnV6M?si=UyVfYpAfxTEx06oI
So while most authors are confirming they aren’t using AI to write their books, I seem to know a lot in my chat groups who are playing with AI for fun. One of our groups newest challenges is to ask AI to make a caricature portrait of oneself based on the conversations you’ve had with AI. Thought I would give it a try, can you guess what my topics have been?
Or however that creepy line from the 80’s used to go about the “caller is inside the house.” Creepy though it may be, it was always correct, the biggest impacts come from the inside out.
I recently read “12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women” by Gail McMeeken and felt the kind of connection I needed when I picked it up. Wise words from women who’ve been in the position before of trying to carve out a creative path for themselves while at the same time trying to meet too many expectations from the outside (i.e.-social obligations, family & friends, even fans)
I really recommend you take a glance at this book. Lots of interactive journal prompts to set you on the right path, a varying degree of artists in different fields (not just authors). This book is both inspiring and challenges you to commit to your own desire to create. This is a book every creative will want to keep on their shelves to return to again and again.
I don’t understand the logic, really I don’t. Okay, you want to see how far we can get this AI tech to go. Companies want to see how much it can earn for shareholders, But PEOPLE who become unemployed based on the technology won’t have money to spend, right?
So how do you EARN from that you freakin’ morons? From people with no money? If you brag about increasing unemployment by 20-30%, so how does that not negatively impact your earnings 20%-30%?
If you’ve been looking for a job recently you will find that the majority of roles are now flat out telling you “we want you to help us train AI in your area of expertise”. What, AI can fix a roof? Or fix your plumbing? Not everyone will be capable of career changing to manual labor. This is creating a class divide like we’ve never seen before in this country and no one is concerned?
No bootstraps ever created will get some folks out of permanent, GENERATIONAL poverty. And no amount of billionaire funds you may have access to will buy the labor of people you are crushing beneath you.
Everyone of us below them now, raise your going rates for whatever you do to $1000/hour. See how they like it.
Dian Burns 