I enjoyed the article. Some of the history I knew and some was new to me. I’ve been writing articles about art. I have only used “chat” so far for research and editing. I write the articles first. I don’t ask AI to write them. I have found it very useful. I understand the concerns, but I think it can be used in useful ways and I am not the world’s police.
Back to my history articles tomorrow though. I'm going to do maybe one of these AI-only articles maybe once a week or every two weeks. I haven't decided yet but I'm history first and really the AI is just an addition. I'm doing the same amount of history writing that I did before.
That’s funny! I start with a kernel of an idea, then do a brain dump and walk away. Then I dump the “dump” and write what I was really trying to get at. I tend to be wordy and love to tell a story but most of that info is irrelevant. I get it out of my system and, hopefully distill down to the best parts. But, I’m knew to this so really just finding my way.
I am new to it too and also finding my way. Took a class recently and learned how some top writers are using it. Makes sense for them so it makes sense for me.
I think the Greeks and Romans had it right. These are behaviors people engage in. They have a preference for one "flavor" or another and sometimes that preference is fluid or context-dependent. I don't see any value in creating rigid identity around such behaviors because that comes with a whole bunch of other expectations and not just from others.
It's a completely different way to view human relationships. We are prisoners of our cultural mindset. It's interesting to consider how other cultures viewed gay relationships. I used to view the ones I read about in ancient Rome from a 21st century perspective. Now I don't.
This is a BIG problem in our modern discourse. We judge history based on our contemporary sensibilities. For example, judging Thomas Jefferson harshly because he was a slaveholder from the benefit of our slave-free existence is too easy. Slavery was the water Jefferson was swimming in. In the case of sexuality, it may be us that has it backwards. Maybe the ancients knew something we didn't. That we shouldn't categorize others (and perhaps more harmful, ourselves) because of sexual behaviors (as long as they don't cross the line of age of consent, etc).
Yeah, I had the same issue on slavery, of course. What I grow tired of is that everyone in America only learns about what America did. For whatever reason there's this mindset among Americans that we have to trash our history and overly focus on our sins and I just think we need more perspective sometimes.
When you start reading a little bit of history and you see slavery was the way of the world until 200-some years ago, you know, it doesn't excuse us but you just have to take it in context. That's why I read history. It gives you a lot more perspective on where we are today.
Honestly, I've never had a problem with anyone's sexual preferences. Who someone decides to be with romantically, intimately, or in any other capacity has literally Never affected my life negatively or positively. I figured if it has no bearing on my life then why would I care? That's not to say I don't support people's rights to choose who they want to be with, I'm just saying that who you choose to be with is of no consequence to me.
Also respect your choice of using AI for your article. I use AI in my articles all the time, I literally credited it at the end of almost every article I use it in and then people actually still say aha you used an AI for this like they caught me in some sort of gotcha moment.
I dont care about preferences. Just the origin of the word was something i.disovered during research. And yes I get called names for using ai even for research
In the future I will probably steer clear of hot political issues. Felt i should do something g related to pride month but I think ill reconsider that in future
For sure. Some think I'm saying gay people didn't exist back in the day, but that's not true at all. Men slept with men 2000 years ago, but people weren't identified as gay or straight. It's a modern convention. I used to view 'gay' relationships in ancient Rome through a 21st-century belief system. Now I don't.
I enjoyed the article. Some of the history I knew and some was new to me. I’ve been writing articles about art. I have only used “chat” so far for research and editing. I write the articles first. I don’t ask AI to write them. I have found it very useful. I understand the concerns, but I think it can be used in useful ways and I am not the world’s police.
Grok is nice for research. I am still playing with automating research with my prompt. It is a time saver.
I train AI in my voice and voice dump the first draft and it lays out roughly what I came up with. It’s bad but my first drafts were always bad! : )
Back to my history articles tomorrow though. I'm going to do maybe one of these AI-only articles maybe once a week or every two weeks. I haven't decided yet but I'm history first and really the AI is just an addition. I'm doing the same amount of history writing that I did before.
That’s funny! I start with a kernel of an idea, then do a brain dump and walk away. Then I dump the “dump” and write what I was really trying to get at. I tend to be wordy and love to tell a story but most of that info is irrelevant. I get it out of my system and, hopefully distill down to the best parts. But, I’m knew to this so really just finding my way.
I am new to it too and also finding my way. Took a class recently and learned how some top writers are using it. Makes sense for them so it makes sense for me.
Good to know!
I think the Greeks and Romans had it right. These are behaviors people engage in. They have a preference for one "flavor" or another and sometimes that preference is fluid or context-dependent. I don't see any value in creating rigid identity around such behaviors because that comes with a whole bunch of other expectations and not just from others.
It's a completely different way to view human relationships. We are prisoners of our cultural mindset. It's interesting to consider how other cultures viewed gay relationships. I used to view the ones I read about in ancient Rome from a 21st century perspective. Now I don't.
This is a BIG problem in our modern discourse. We judge history based on our contemporary sensibilities. For example, judging Thomas Jefferson harshly because he was a slaveholder from the benefit of our slave-free existence is too easy. Slavery was the water Jefferson was swimming in. In the case of sexuality, it may be us that has it backwards. Maybe the ancients knew something we didn't. That we shouldn't categorize others (and perhaps more harmful, ourselves) because of sexual behaviors (as long as they don't cross the line of age of consent, etc).
Yeah, I had the same issue on slavery, of course. What I grow tired of is that everyone in America only learns about what America did. For whatever reason there's this mindset among Americans that we have to trash our history and overly focus on our sins and I just think we need more perspective sometimes.
When you start reading a little bit of history and you see slavery was the way of the world until 200-some years ago, you know, it doesn't excuse us but you just have to take it in context. That's why I read history. It gives you a lot more perspective on where we are today.
Honestly, I've never had a problem with anyone's sexual preferences. Who someone decides to be with romantically, intimately, or in any other capacity has literally Never affected my life negatively or positively. I figured if it has no bearing on my life then why would I care? That's not to say I don't support people's rights to choose who they want to be with, I'm just saying that who you choose to be with is of no consequence to me.
Also respect your choice of using AI for your article. I use AI in my articles all the time, I literally credited it at the end of almost every article I use it in and then people actually still say aha you used an AI for this like they caught me in some sort of gotcha moment.
I dont care about preferences. Just the origin of the word was something i.disovered during research. And yes I get called names for using ai even for research
In the future I will probably steer clear of hot political issues. Felt i should do something g related to pride month but I think ill reconsider that in future
I literally jump into the deep end of hot political issues. I don't really care who I offend if I'm not actually out to offend anyone.
Yeah just my newsletter I think ill.avoid it from now on. Im still learning
People in the past did not understand or label these things the same way modern people do.
For sure. Some think I'm saying gay people didn't exist back in the day, but that's not true at all. Men slept with men 2000 years ago, but people weren't identified as gay or straight. It's a modern convention. I used to view 'gay' relationships in ancient Rome through a 21st-century belief system. Now I don't.
So again it’s a Jewish thing. Creation of categories to conquer and divide tactic.
I ‘think’ the science on this isn’t completely settled. Some partisans on both sides want to pretend it is. : )
Well, the People who vote the most say it is, so here we are. My view is it should be a state issue. But others will disagree.