Can we trust them with our writing? Whenever I want feedback on my writing, I have to show it to someone who cares. Someone who will read and interpret it in their own way and tell me what worked for them or where it loses them. While I think AI hasn’t reached up to that point yet, its input seems to be a helpful tool…to an extent.

However, there’s no authentic connection on that other side and I think that’s too important to let go of. The articles mentions, “But when a computer ends up changing what the writer set out to achieve, writers may start to wonder whether their vision is getting muddied by an entity that lacks any experience with the real world.“

That experience and emotion is just as important in collaboration as it is in the writing process itself, in my opinion. It’s the best (and worst) part of being human. I want my work to connect with people who resonate with words I put out and, if some of those words are AI-generated, how do I know whether or not they give off the authenticity I strive for?

Towards the end, they discuss the eye of the beholder aka the reader. Again, going back to the importance of connection, the reader and the writer are truly the only entities who are able to detect what is derived from genuine emotion versus what is artificially produced. That line may be blurred as AI improves but, as long as the intention of the writer is still visible, that human connection remains irreplaceable.

hello, i’m giselle and this is my second semester at kean. so far, so good. when people ask about me, the first thing i tell them is that even if i have headphones on, i promise i can still hear most of the time. since my ‘”edgy” high school days, i’ve had the bad (or good?) habit of playing music 24/7. it’s a comfort for me, but i’m always told i should stop doing it because it comes off as rude. just tap me and we’ll spill our guts!

my love for music back in those days generated my interest in writing back then too. i have stacks of journals with embarrassing poems and entries i wish i could burn, but i’m too sentimental. i still carry a journal wherever i go and use it to unclog my brain when needed. i did my undergrad at Montclair State and read a lot. so for my graduate studies, it only made sense to shift my focus to writing.

i’m a very shy and quiet person, until i’m not. i love talking to people about their passion and interests because i have a lot that i can go on and on about. i love poetry, memoirs, vignettes, documentaries, crocheting, photography, drawing, painting, sculpting, fashion, and so much more. i’m only good at half of those, but it doesn’t stop me. singing or playing an instrument is where i draw the line.

like everyone else, i feel pretty confident in my knowledge of the world wide web because i was born into it. all of my interests listed above became my interests because of the internet and technology. i’m intrigued by our small discussion last class and i hope to learn even more from internet and technology… in a way that doesn’t make me fall into an existential spiral please. :^)