RE: On the art of writing, babbeling machines and other important issues
I expected nothing less from you ;-)))
First of all: I am old(fashionable) enough to write letters ;-)) Yes, real letters that are written on nice, pure paper, put in an envelope and stamped and taken to the letterbox. And yes, there are people who are happy to receive them and reply in the same way... It's amazing, isn't it?
My writing process is not stringent. As far as poetry and short prose are concerned: they just ‘happen’. Thoughts are thought and taken up and processed. Larger projects need time and impetus. I'm lacking both at the moment, so the Steem is exactly the right format to sort myself out...
I think that in the medium term, two camps will form here too - the natural bloggers who literally share their blogs. And the synthetics, who have ‘their’ texts created by an AI and either boast about it or simply collect royalties. The latter are only stopped when an AI is recognised as having personal rights and asserts its copyright. But that's another story ;-))
I tend to agree with your ideas on the formation of two camps... There are always two. The proper one, and the other. Also, I'm sure that, as the discovery of plagiarism grows, the debate on this dialectics will follow. As technology advances, here will be a point when declaration of synthetic origin or a seal of human origin will have to be created.
As for poetry... I believe the source of it will remain forever one of the deepest mysteries. At least, for me... I think its downloaded from some heavenly cloud. :)
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I'm curious: your nickname - there's a manufacturer of machines for large-scale cannabis production with the same name... Does the poetry sometimes come from a joint? ;-))
lmfao! Not really, no. I smoked my last one in Amsterdam, at the sweet age of 35. Can't do it anymore, as it causes me to go into cardiac arrhytmia. It seems to have conflicted with other stuff I was doing back in the day and I'm afraid to do it again.
The monniker comes from Hephaestus, the greek god of artisans, metallurgy, fire, vulcanoes and crapload more stuff. As I'm an artisan that dwells in mettalurgy by trade, I found it appropriate.
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And I was so sure... ;-))) No, joke: I saw the parallel to Mount Olympus...
It's a shame, though. I'd really love to do some herbal poetry. Unfortunately, I can't. Luckily, It still downloads, somehow...
Maybe I had enough to last me a lifetime. :)))