As most of you know, I’m currently out of town. Before I left, I went ahead and scheduled as many blogs ahead as I could. Saturdays are always hard for me because I really can’t do my Reading Wrap-Up blog segment until the top of the day Saturday. Per me, of course. I take the data from the Saturday before to Friday.

So anyways, I thought I could put in something so I don’t lose my streak and that I’d probably want to talk about anyway. Somebody suggested that I talk about my thoughts on AI. I didn’t know how to make an entire blog about that, so I decided to add to it. I decided to give my thoughts on some topics that are on the controversial side.

Please hear me out on all of my thoughts on each. I want to explain that I am one of the types that see both sides of the equation. I will explain my reasons for feeling why I do. I also always hear feedback from others. As long as they are conversational. Anybody who feels the need to bash and attack because I don’t see it like they do will be ignored.

So here we go.

1. AI: There are certain aspects about this that do concern me. I don’t think that it is going to steal people’s jobs. I think that’s been a scare tactic used for many years to prevent us from advancing. But I digress. I watched a video that basically said anything you do on an AI platform can’t be copyrighted. I do disagree with that. I think if YOU did the work that. you should be able to protect others from stealing it. That being said, what if AI can benefit us? What if it gives people who aren’t as creative as they’d like to be a platform to grow? What if it broadens the art world in ways we can’t even imagine?
2. Book Buying Bans: I don’t really care for this “trend”. I’ll leave off the fact that I feel that forcing yourself NOT to do something only makes you want to do it more. At least it’s that way for me. I get that we all have bills and other expenses. BUT I also understand that buying books also provides authors with income. Especially our indie authors. My book-buying “bans” are just when I don’t have the funding at the time to buy books. I want to point out that I am NOT bashing anybody who does these. I’m just explaining why I don’t agree with them.
3. Reviews: There’s a thing about some authors responding to negative reviews. Or having their platform respond. It could even be that the platform is responding with no motivation behind it other than their own. I don’t agree with that behavior. I ALSO don’t agree with people using reviews to bash or bring authors down. In my opinion, reviews are meant to be constructive feedback on the book as well as your personal thoughts about the book. All constructive feedback and thoughts help the authors moving forward. Which is also why I don’t feel reviews are just for readers. Yes, it’s meant to get the reader to buy the book, but it’s also meant to help the author see where the book was strongest and where it could use some work.

That’s all I can really think of right now. I was going to try to make this a five thought post, but I really need to branch out more. The problem is once videos or posts start feeling stressful to me, I stop looking into them. I also understand that everybody has different opinions. I’m actually thankful for that. Could you imagine living in a world where we all thought and did the same thing?

What are some of your thoughts on these topics?

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