A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, “What is this, a joke?” – ChatGPT’s attempt at writing humor. Does artificial intelligence have a sense of humor? Can ChatGPT change a writer’s process? Particularly humor writing? To the uninitiated, ChatGPT somehow “sterilizes” humor writing. That it’s incapable of understanding and creating…
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From Lackluster Student to Medical School What happens when a reluctant college student is pushed into applying to medical school
Five minutes after ChatGPT flooded the masses in November of 2022, college administrators grew concerned about students submitting fraudulent medical school application essays generated by artificial intelligence. It brought up a plethora of ethical concerns, questions about essay quality, the impact on admissions decisions, and the potential for deception in the ultra-competitive application process. Except for the case of Wesley…
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The Evolution of a Nursery Rhyme Or, how ChatGPT can impact your humor writing
So, let’s talk about how people feel about ChatGPT and similar AI models. It’s a mixed bag, really. On the one hand, a lot of people are amazed by the innovation and efficiency it brings. How it’s already changing the game in education, programming, content creation, customer service, and more. It’s like having a super-assistant who’s always ready to help…
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Can ChatGPT Make You a Better Writer? Understanding and Embracing the Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Your Work
These days, technological marvels seem to pop up faster than you can say “Abracadabra!” Standing at the edge of innovation, even our smartphones become outdated before we even finish setting up our voicemail. And guess who’s leading the charge? None other than artificial intelligence, or AI, a digital wiz that’s both the apple of your eye and the monster under…
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The Sideways Realm of the Wordily Wonkaverse What is absurdism? A conundrum wrapped in a riddle and stuffed into a tuba.
Once upon an upside-down tea party, in the sideways realm of the Wordily Wonkaverse - a place where adjectives dined on verbs and metaphors rode unicycles - there thrived a gnarled tree called Absurdia that bore fruit of a peculiar variety: the preposterously delightful absurditastic literaturaniums. As an author-slash-dodo-whisperer, I’ve nibbled on the juicy and jumbled offerings of the Absurdia tree, and now, my…