Bruce Degen, Who Drew ‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79
Bruce Degen signing a poster at a book store in Minneapolis. He collaborated on 14 books in the “Magic School
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Uyless Black Last week, I wrote 269 words for the back cover of a book I recently completed. After some edits, I thought it was a solid piece. A few days ago, these words were fed into an AI package by my editor. Nothing else was given to the AI software, just my write-up. In fractions of a second, the AI code produced 240 words for this script that were clearly better than mine. I had learned about the power of certain AI packages. But with this personal experience, the notion came to mind that AI was overcoming my writing imperfections with some very smart software that grinded away toward perfection. Using its code to cover up my flaws. It was fascinating and sobering. I was wondering what the AI package would do with the manuscript of the book? I could have submitted my copy to the AI software, but I did not. Truth is, I did not want to see the results of this process, because I already knew the outcome. And my ego also got in the way. The thought came to mind that my writing creativity, such as it is, could be rendered irrelevant by AI. … As well as an immense number of jobs, occupations and lifestyles of many humans. Based on the superior product produced by AI, I knew the AI-manipulated book would be better than my writing. That put me into a funk. Not only personally but beyond my own self-interests. I had been reading about AI for many years, but learning about it from a layman’s perspective. Now, I had before me actual proof, not someone else’s experience or opinions, of the power of AI. My past experience as a software programmer led to my interest in AI. During this time, I became concerned with the fact that no one really had a handle of what AI was doing, much less what it might do in the future. So, I wrote four articles about AI, describing its power, its positive potential and its potential dangers. Some were published in the Cd’A Press. […]
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Bruce Degen signing a poster at a book store in Minneapolis. He collaborated on 14 books in the “Magic School
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