AI Writing a Novella

In this video, the speaker talks about their experience using ChatGPT to write a novella. They discuss the prompts they used to generate ideas and how they went about creating the world and characters for their story.

Using ChatGPT to Generate Ideas

• The speaker started using ChatGPT on January 5th and began working on their novella on January 9th.

• To create a world for their stories, the speaker asked ChatGPT for options such as "a world with multiple intelligent species living together" or "a world with a unique magic system."

• The speaker chose to base their fantasy world on Greek mythology because it would give the stories a better chance of succeeding due to ChatGPT's large base of information.

• The speaker found that it was easier to work in smaller pieces when using ChatGPT, so they decided to write a collection of short stories instead of a novel.

Creating Characters and Stories

• The first story in the collection is called "The Golden Feather of Friendship," and each chapter and story title was named by ChatGPT.

• Initially, creating the first story took more trial and error than later ones as it took time to learn exactly what prompts were needed.

• The speaker found that while AI can be helpful in generating ideas, there are limits to what it can do. For example, it may struggle with character development or writing contemporary novels.

Final Thoughts

• Overall, the speaker enjoyed using AI to write their novella but found that it required a lot of patience and time to get the desired results.

• The speaker believes that AI can be a useful tool for writers, but it should not replace human creativity and input.

Generating and Editing a Short Story with AI

In this section, the speaker discusses their experience generating and editing a short story using an AI language model.

Generating the Story

• The speaker used an AI language model called ChatGPT to generate a short story.

• The process involved prompting the model for story points, creating a chapter outline, and then repeatedly prompting for paragraphs and making adjustments.

• The final product is just shy of 25,000 words, with an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 words of generated content before editing.

Editing the Story

• The goal of editing was not to bring the story up to professional standards but to produce something readable.

• The rough edit took the longest due to the amount of generated content that needed cutting out.

• ChatGPT has a tendency to repeat itself often which added more time in editing.

• Despite wanting to change some parts during editing, the speaker tried preserving as much of the generated content as possible.

• Roughly half of their time was spent on generating while half was spent on editing.

Limitations of ChatGPT

• There are limitations set by ChatGPT's Content Policy that restrict certain types of content from being generated.

• Clumsy sentence structure is another limitation that requires additional editing work.

Limitations of OpenAI's GPT-3 Model

The speaker discusses the limitations of OpenAI's GPT-3 model, including repeated phrases and forgetting details.

Repeated Phrases

• The model is often excessively verbose and overuses certain phrases.

• This caused a lot of extra editing time to cut out the "excessively verbose" content.

Forgetting Details

• Sometimes the AI forgets what it already wrote, changing details along the way.

• This was unexpected considering how complex concepts it can keep track of at other times.

Future Implications for Authors with AI Technology

The speaker discusses how AI technology like ChatGPT could be an incredible tool for people who have stories they want to tell. However, there are concerns about its impact on the publishing industry.

Impact on Publishing Industry

• Technology like this could rapidly change the industry.

• It could be a whole different ball game compared to KDP.

• Midlisters and small authors will see the most change.

Creative Potential

• ChatGPT and similar programs could be incredible tools for people who have stories they want to tell.

• It may soon be as easy for non-writers to use as DallE2 is for non-artists.

Conclusion and Call-to-action

The speaker concludes by discussing their thoughts on AI-generated content and provides a call-to-action for viewers interested in reading their work.

Thoughts on AI-generated Content

• Creatively, it's kind of amazing.

• Amazon may ban AI content like this in the future.

Call-to-action

• Viewers can check out Legends of Shadow Woods on Amazon or sydneyfaith.com.