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Chat GPT Ethics, Uses, and Other Ai Ethics — Heliosphere
We gathered at Heliosphere this year for several panels and one included a talk on Chat GPT Ethics, Uses, and Other Ai Ethics. The talk featured Chris Kreuter, Renee Ritchie, and Elektra Hammond — so of course, I was out of my league trying to keep my head above water. We talked through all manner ethical…
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Zuk and Zub – A Fable
At the dawn of time, an enterprising caveman, known as Swarthy Zub, lived at the far end of the cave village. Swarthy Zub might have thought himself an “entrepreneur,” and his old friend, Not-tall Zuk, a “mentor.” But, as neither word yet existed, Zub had not articulated this belief. Zub was a simple fur trader…
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Writers Group Near You — House Points
Starlings NYC has met since 2016 which is, as of 2023, seven years ago. I figured we would start keeping track of “house points.” As in 10 points for Griffyndor. There’s a writers group near you — what if they kept track of group points? Only in this case, it’s sales. And we’ll do it in…
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Story Inspiration from Breaking Science
The wonderful folks who run Heliosphere invited me to moderate and participate in several panels for their conference. One of the panels was Story Inspiration from Breaking Science. The panel included Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Dr. James Prego, and Sarena Strauss. We started out hypothesizing from various abstracts we’d come across. We — mostly me — got a bit…
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The lie: “It’s just art.”
A person undeservedly close to me recently scoffed at the words of a set designer here in NYC recently. They said, “It’s not worth it. It’s just art.” This person intended, of course, to aim this barb at me and my life’s work. At someone who had structured their entire life around encouraging people to…
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You Are More Creative Than Me
You’re more creative than me. You are. Or — at very least — equally creative. That belief motivates and empowers my own creativity: you, reading this right now, are more creative than me, Lancelot Schaubert. If you don’t believe that, you aren’t thinking clearly. It’s okay to not be thinking clearly — muddleheadedness affects me all the time…
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Ibex Brief
“Park & Main?” I asked Daryl the other day. “What?” Daryl asked back in a “what” kind of way. “I saw an advertisement on the television for Park & Main clothing and underwear. “I know all about Park & Main. An Amish family started it in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their top-selling item [and here Daryl made…
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Heliosphere Convention Schedule 2023
Hey gang, just got my Heliosphere convention schedule this last week, so I wanted to toss it in here in case anyone’s coming. We’re bringing several writers and creative types down to New Jersey from NYC: FRIDAY 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm – Salon CExploring the Uses and Ethics of ChatGPT and Other AI Models…
