Comments on: War of the Words https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/ a writer's guide to typewriters Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:38:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Marleau https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3604 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:38:14 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3604 In reply to Shaun Vain.

Unless that robot is a Studio 44! smile. For those wondering about this reference, I encourage you to visit Shaun’s website for his book, The Lost Poet of Woodlawn.

http://thelostpoetry.com/

]]> By: Shaun Vain https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3592 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:35:06 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3592 This is an insightful piece.

The novelty of writing will keep us working on new stories. Imagination and ideas spring forth whether we like it or not. The machines make it easier. The typewriter makes it easier. Let’s not forget that it’s a machine too.

While it’s interesting to read what machines come up with, I’d rather read something that came from the mind of a person. Even though a person created the machine that is coming up with the idea, the words coming from a person feel more authentic.

Nobody cares what robots have to say . . . yet . . . .

]]> By: Richard P https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:48:10 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3356 Yes! I was also disturbed by the New Yorker story (see https://writingball.blogspot.com/2019/10/machines-that-write-vs-machines-for.html).

]]> By: Barry Dillon https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3318 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:01:12 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3318 My greatest fear in this dystopian future of AI books, is that I won’t be able to tell the difference. In that same future I can imagine a thriving underground market where human readers seek out only human writers. Hmm, I see the makings of a nice SciFi novel and November is only half over…

]]> By: Mark Petersen https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3314 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:12:31 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3314 Have you read the two Cold Hard Type books? These ideas are hit on a lot in those.
Also, this is one of your best posts.

]]> By: Martyn V. Halm https://typewriterreview.com/2019/11/12/war-of-the-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3313 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:00:02 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=1009#comment-3313 No matter how slick, most prose requires the leap of imagination that machines lack, and like there are still arthouse films that defy the blockbuster movie’s formulaic scripts, there will always be fiction that can only be written by humans.

With typewriters.

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