Creative writing in the age of AI

…and staying safe online

Do you agree it’s time to heavily curate what we’re fed online and set the bar higher?

There is too much mass-produced AI- or bot-generated content on the world wide (wild?) web.

That content is fine here and there. But according to Naomi S. Baron, writing in Literary Hub, we shouldn’t “lose sight of the precious tool that writing offers us for shaping our minds and brains, for articulating our own ideas and for sharing them with fellow humans”.

I have always prioritized the “small web” of interactive, connective, sentient writers who have real, authentic stories to tell. Bloggers and visual artists who nourish their online written and artistic portfolios on their own terms.

Newsfeeds are fun but just a fleeting snack.

The small web, as in private platforms under each creator’s control, is vital for a more nuanced conversation online. “Small websites help us resist selling our souls to large tech companies,” writes Ben Hoyt on his platform.

Many others feel the same, especially creators for whom copyrights and data privacy still matter.

“If you are a human out there in the vast wilds of the new internet of dead souls, speak up”, writes Vickie Boykis on her blog. “We…