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Fuck You, Copilot
A little while ago, I talked about using AI for editing. I started looking for online AI editors, but then discovered Copilot could do the job for me. This was like finding out the neighbour I’d blissfully ignored for years had a skillset that I could’ve been maximising. My initial conversation with Copilot was the sort of conversation I might have with a human editor before they started work – a feeling out process. Copilot wanted to rewrite me. I told it, no, I just wanted a hard proofread. It said it could do that. We went back and forth over the parameters. I insisted it marked things up in…
A Star Wars Reboot
Recently, I saw a poll on a pop culture Threads account asking if the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy should be retconned. I was surprised to find that just 36% said YES, and the remaining 64% said NO. It was only…
The Not-so-Superman
Superman isn’t that hard to write. But lots of people will tell you he is. After all, how do you write a story that’ll challenge a superhero who’s essentially a god? Who’s overpowered? Who has no match physically? Who, kryptonite…