The question is often:
I see the words I just wrote
they're okay but they're not great
they're not quite nailing it. not quite evoking the essence
does anything better immediately come to mind?
no...
I could tinker, probably could find something better
that's writing isn't? you have to love to tinker with words, they say
but I have shit to do
and I'm not a writer
and anyway I'm getting old, I'm 41,
I'm over the hill, even if just recently
maybe I need to adjust now to being on the long cognitive downhill run of life
maybe let go of the dreams that require creative genius that I didn't already accomplish
find a new rhythm of life
wisdom over creativity, perhaps. enjoying over aspiring
but maybe not - let me not give up too much
I ain't no damn pussy here I come
I could use AI. it's right here where I'm writing
"gus, do a poetic analysis on the word 'vague' above"
and I can bring it closer,
"/poet", enter
but if i do that, and that works - then I'll do it more
and what I'm outsourcing then is the search, the reach for more words
the generation step
I'm having AI do generation, in cases like these
I'm here then as editor, director
Is that what I want? Forever?
Cause if this works, and I give up generation, the skill will atrophy
and probably new skills will grow
and what are the ramifications of that?