I love this: “ And the front porch is part of our mental health system, and it’s free.”
And from someone who grew up in a rural area and has lived my adult life in some of the biggest cities in the world: I miss it!
But also I love the nuance you’re bringing to the AI/creativity conversation. We’re not going to make it go away by being loud about how it’s bad (and we’re not going to make it better by just blindly trusting it for everything). So how can it help us, instead?
Excellent question. I don't. The analysis is what it is. In most cases I simply ask for a literary analysis and a stylistic analysis of the piece. Period. In this case there is probably a built-in bias because of the information that I included with the query. Here is my prompt in this case:
"This passage has already been a Substack post. It is also the final chapter of The Archbishop of Appalachia, Stories and musings from the archdiocese. Please give me a literary analysis and a stylistic analysis of the passage. I intend to re-post it on Substack with your analyses. Thank you."
Thanks so much for engaging. It is very difficult to build a Substack practice, and this kind of engagement really helps. I'm heading over to your stack now. Please consider subscribing to my Substack. Joseph Edwards from www.shankybottom.substack.com.
I love this: “ And the front porch is part of our mental health system, and it’s free.”
And from someone who grew up in a rural area and has lived my adult life in some of the biggest cities in the world: I miss it!
But also I love the nuance you’re bringing to the AI/creativity conversation. We’re not going to make it go away by being loud about how it’s bad (and we’re not going to make it better by just blindly trusting it for everything). So how can it help us, instead?
Thank you so much for your comment and interest in these problems. I think you will enjoy reading a more developed exploration of them at https://open.substack.com/pub/shankybottom/p/discussion-with-claude-on-the-coming?r=26m5hq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Hey, great read as always. I'm so curious, how did you ensure the AI's 'unfiltered' analisys truely stayed independent from your own interpretation?
Excellent question. I don't. The analysis is what it is. In most cases I simply ask for a literary analysis and a stylistic analysis of the piece. Period. In this case there is probably a built-in bias because of the information that I included with the query. Here is my prompt in this case:
"This passage has already been a Substack post. It is also the final chapter of The Archbishop of Appalachia, Stories and musings from the archdiocese. Please give me a literary analysis and a stylistic analysis of the passage. I intend to re-post it on Substack with your analyses. Thank you."
Thanks so much for engaging. It is very difficult to build a Substack practice, and this kind of engagement really helps. I'm heading over to your stack now. Please consider subscribing to my Substack. Joseph Edwards from www.shankybottom.substack.com.