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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)
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Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins. #Writer #Writing #BoardGames #Fantasy #SciFi #Authodon

Most ideas are just a twist on a recognised formula. How much research do you do into your ideas to avoid repetition? Or do you just not care how unoriginal you are?

#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities

Apparently Libre Office is free and contains no AI.

#AI #Microsoft #LibreOffice

In Australia the colloquial name for the white ibis is "Bin Chicken". #wildlife #australia #waste #bird #Sydney

https://cdn.masto.host/writing/media_attachments/files/114/763/423/806/428/194/original/0a03298f66ba1de4.mp4

The hero tries to rescue the victim, only to discover...

#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity

All franchises are equal. But some are more equal than others.

#StarWars #MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou #SciFi #stories

#WritersCoffeeClub April 3. How do you navigate scenes with many characters?

Dialogue tags. Lots and lots of dialogue tags.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting

#USPolitics #Trump #revolution

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Your character is about to commit a crime. What extraordinary steps do they take to avoid capture?

#WritingTips #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #writing #ai #FoolMeOnce

Okay, I'm missing three. How many can you get?

#games #mastodon

Unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behavior by humans

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-unfair-decisions-ai-indifferent-bad.html

#AI #psychology #humanity

#WritersCoffeeClub

What's been a key non-fiction book for researching your current/recent writing project?

I'm a straight, white male. I already know everything.

But seriously, Wikipedia is awesome. For those of you who don't know, it's an independent online encyclopaedia with no AI based articles. So useful.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AI #writing

What can an ancient Chinese boardgame teach us about human consciousness?

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/boardgames-consciousness-go-ai-spirituality/104351258

#BoardGames #AI #TheHumanCondition

Seriously, whoever is doing this, please stop. I have genuine stories I want to submit.

#WritingCommunity #AI #writing #AmWriting #books

#WritersCoffeeClub

Do you prefer euphemisms or technical terms to refer to genitalia in your writing?

My preferences have nothing to do with it. Will the character use slang or anatomical terms. That is the important question.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #writing

Fucking seriously?

#AI #books #writing

A Digital Orange

#TechAMovie

#HashtagGames

#writerscoffeeclub

What was the first book you read that enormously impacted you?

I'd pretty much grown bored with reading by about the age of twelve. Everything seemed so puerile and small. Then my mum took down dad's collected edition of the Lord of the Rings and handed that to me. With no context or explanation. Anyone else remember this cover?

That made me the person I am today.

#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #books #reading

“The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning. It reduces the amount of intention in the world.”

- Ted Chiang

#AI #art #writing

Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI

"When AI is mentioned, it tends to lower emotional trust, which in turn decreases purchase intentions."

https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-consumers-turned-off-products-ai

#ai #collapse