NaNoWriMo gets AI sponsor

issybird · 09-03-2024, 10:15 AM

The article below is a tad biased, but it's got a honking huge point just the same.

NaNoWriMo was gutted to an extent when the forums shut down and it has a new sponsor this year, ProWritingAid, which offers an AI functionality. To what extent is AI just one limited tool in a varied kit box and to what extent is it the onlie begetter? Is it true that "not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’ "? Has NaNoWriMo has run its course?

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/02/n...6HhaEeTSQauGWA

Critteranne · 09-05-2024, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

The article below is a tad biased, but it's got a honking huge point just the same.

NaNoWriMo was gutted to an extent when the forums shut down and it has a new sponsor this year, ProWritingAid, which offers an AI functionality. To what extent is AI just one limited tool in a varied kit box and to what extent is it the onlie begetter? Is it true that "not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’ "? Has NaNoWriMo has run its course?

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/02/n...6HhaEeTSQauGWA

Saying that being anti-AI is "classist" makes no sense. ProWritingAid costs at least $7.50 a month -- and that's if you get the yearly option (with limited use of the GenAI features). Writing the story on your own is free.

Disabled authors have also been furious about this stance. They have been pointing out that they don't need AI to write. It's one thing to use AI for text-to-speech or for grammar checking, but this has been about GenAI.

Anyway, I think NaNoWriMo truly fell apart last year -- when it was marked by a grooming scandal on the forums.

Here is some coverage of it in a Medium article by a former Nano Municipal Liason. For some reason, most of the coverage of the grooming scandal was in forums or posts rather than in news articles.

Dr. Drib · Today, 09:53 AM

Unfortunately, one must become a member of Medium to read the whole article.

Does anyone have a non-member link to a different article that tells a very complete story of the incident(s)?

issybird · Today, 10:47 AM

Here’s a gift link to the article in the WaPo.

https://wapo.st/4eghamM

arjaybe · Today, 11:01 AM

Would there even be a point in participating in this thing now?

09-03-2024, 10:15 AM	#1
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,528 Karma: 224836168 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	NaNoWriMo gets AI sponsor The article below is a tad biased, but it's got a honking huge point just the same. NaNoWriMo was gutted to an extent when the forums shut down and it has a new sponsor this year, ProWritingAid, which offers an AI functionality. To what extent is AI just one limited tool in a varied kit box and to what extent is it the onlie begetter? Is it true that "not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’ "? Has NaNoWriMo has run its course? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/02/n...6HhaEeTSQauGWA Last edited by issybird; 09-03-2024 at 10:20 AM.

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Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,972 Karma: 55647515 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Unfortunately, one must become a member of Medium to read the whole article. Does anyone have a non-member link to a different article that tells a very complete story of the incident(s)? Last edited by Dr. Drib; Today at 09:56 AM.

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