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Fun with AI

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon July 13, 2023
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Steve Laube always inspires me, and I found special encouragement from his recent post on artificial intelligence. AI provided an inaccurate biography of him, so I wondered if I’d have the same experience.

I’m doing this field research, so you don’t have to!

Chat gpt

ChatGPT stands for “Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer”

Then it included a definition that sent me to a hyperlink to download Windows Chat GPT. It is an advanced language generation model developed by OpenAI that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to generate human-like text based on prompts, making it a powerful tool for chatbots, content creation, and more.

write my bio with chat gpt

Sure, I can help you with that. Please provide me with some information about yourself that you would like me to include in your bio.

married, author of over 30 books and novellas

Here’s a bio I came up with based on the information you provided:

“User is a married author who has written over 30 books and novellas. Their work spans across various genres and has been well-received by readers and critics alike.”

How does that sound? Is there anything else you would like me to add?

Well, I didn’t write across various genres, but I’m flattered that AI says that my work has been “well-received by readers and critics alike.”

married, mother of two daughters, author of over 30 books and novellas, literary agent for The Steve Laube Literary Agency, enjoys reading and cooking

Here’s an updated bio based on the information you provided:

“User is a married mother of two daughters and an author who has written over 30 books and novellas. She is also a literary agent for The Steve Laube Literary Agency. In her free time, she enjoys reading and cooking.”

How does that sound? Is there anything else you would like me to add?

Well, it doesn’t sound as good since you stopped flattering me, AI.

Christian

Thank you for letting me know. I can add that to your bio. Here’s an updated version:

“User is a married mother of two daughters and an author who has written over 30 books and novellas. She is also a literary agent for The Steve Laube Literary Agency. In her free time, she enjoys reading and cooking. She is also a Christian.”

How does that sound? Is there anything else you would like me to add?

I pressed the tab for a question AI suggested: Can you tell me more about her faith?

I’m not sure about the specifics of her faith, but generally speaking, Christian faith is based on the belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God and savior of humanity. It is a monotheistic religion that emphasizes the importance of love, forgiveness, and compassion. Christians believe that by following the teachings of Jesus Christ and living a life of faith and service, they can achieve eternal life in heaven after death12.

Is there anything else you would like me to add?

(This response included pictures portraying “compassion” and other favorable adjectives. Could it be I’m talking to a Christian version of AI?)

tell me more about user’s books

User is an author who has written over 30 books and novellas. Unfortunately, I don’t have any information about the specific genres or titles of her books. However, I can tell you that she is also a literary agent for The Steve Laube Literary Agency.

Is there anything else you would like me to add?

write a biography for Tamela Hancock Murray

Tamela Hancock Murray is a literary agent with The Steve Laube Agency and has been a literary agent since 2001. She is also a bestselling author of over thirty novels, novellas, and nonfiction books and has won an RWA Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award. She graduated with honors in Journalism from Lynchburg College in Virginia.

Is there anything else you would like me to add?

Clearly, AI does a search and writes a biography using the most frequent facts and links listed on the Internet. The bio included hyperlinks to show where AI got the information.

Suggested question from AI:

What are some of Tamela Hancock Murray’s popular books?

In fairness, I haven’t written a book in years, so AI took some time to search for this. Then this is what it came up with:

I’m sorry but I don’t have any information about the specific genres or titles of Tamela Hancock Murray’s books. However, you can find a list of her books on Goodreads and FictionDB.

AI offered me a couple more questions, but hinted that it’s time for me to give up by adding the suggestion below as a third option. Does this mean AI gets tired and bored? Or does it think I’m now tired and bored?

Show me some recipes

Sure! What type of recipe are you looking for? Any specific cuisine or ingredient?

That reminds me – it’s time for lunch!

P.S. I had planned to end my post with the line above, but literally five minutes later, I decided to try the bio question with new credentials under new topic. This time, AI took a different approach:

write my bio for me author, wife, Christian

Sure! Here’s an example of an author bio that you can use as a template:

“[Your name] is an author, wife, and Christian. She has written [number] books in the [genre] genre. Her latest book is [book title]. She is passionate about [topic] and loves to share her knowledge with others. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering at her church.”

You can customize this template by filling in the blanks with your own information. Remember to keep it concise and engaging, without being too boastful or boring. The ideal length of an author bio is between 60 and 90 words.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Fascinating that the feedback went from writing the biography to sending instructions. Of course, AI will just say it’s getting smarter as it learns. Or is it more like, scarier? What do you think?

 

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Old MacDonald Had Some Help – A.I. – A.I. – Oh!

By Steve Laubeon June 26, 2023
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There is all sorts of talk about artificial intelligence and the ease with which a computer can create content with a mere prompt from a user. For those of us who read science fiction it cuts too close to the famous H.A.L. scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey or the rise of the machines in Terminator or the autonomous military robots in Keith Laumer’s BOLO series. I dare say we are not there yet, but …

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New Writer Lingo for a New Day

By Bob Hostetleron June 15, 2023
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If you’ve been writing (or hanging around with writers) for a while, you’ve probably seen or heard the abbreviation POV. It’s short for “point of view.” And WIP (“work in progress”), MC (“main character”), and perhaps even NaNoWriMo (“National Novel Writing Month,” which rolls around every November). But those, like many terms we writers use and abuse, have been around for a while. They’re kinda …

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Category: Career, Common Questoins, The Writing Life, Trends

Define the Takeaway First

By Bob Hostetleron March 29, 2023
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A few months ago, one of my friends (don’t worry, Sarah, I won’t mention your name) asked this question on social media: Writer friends: Do you ever write something, think it’s nearly finished, and fail to be able to define the “take-away?” So, “writer friends,” I’m about to do you a favor. I will suggest an approach that will save a lot of time, stress, regret, and other bad things. Ready? …

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Category: Craft, Get Published, Pitch, The Writing Life, Trends

Voices of Hope: Why Young Writers Are Important

By Dan Balowon March 22, 2023
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In the last month, I suggested some writers who might be worthwhile for the Christian publishing world to give attention. Those with a military or missionary season in their lives could be helpful to the Church today since they both lived a good piece of their lives in positions where personal preference, comfort, and fulfillment were far down on their priority lists. Submission, courage, …

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Category: The Writing Life, Trends

Voices of Faithfulness: Why Missionary Writers Are Important

By Dan Balowon March 1, 2023
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I’ve been pondering the types of people, professions, and perspectives that might best write to the Christian church in the coming years. No Christ-follower can look at the world around us without seeing it unraveling at an astounding pace. Thinking back to the 1990s when Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye created the first books of the fictional Left Behind series, they would have been roundly mocked …

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Category: Career, Encouragement, Inspiration, Trends

Book Industry Trends

By Steve Laubeon November 7, 2022
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Publishing is partly an exercise in guessing what might be the next surprise bestseller. Some of it is an educated guess based on certain trends we see in the industry and in society at large. Any exercise in naming these trends bears the risk of expressing the obvious or being out of date the moment they are stated. So bear with me as I tinker with some of the factors that are either influencing …

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Category: Book Business, Contracts, E-Books, Get Published, TrendsTag: book industry, Trends

Publishing Is Publishing

By Dan Balowon October 6, 2022
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Every part of the book publishing ecosystem adjusted its perspective to accommodate both traditional publishing and author-published works. It wasn’t long ago these two paths were treated as either/or decisions; but now they are both/and. Many traditional publishers offer author-paid services, some agents have indie services for clients, and a large number of authors publish both traditional and …

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Category: Book Business, Book Business, Indie, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Trends

Just the Facts

By Dan Balowon August 17, 2022
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With the omnipresence of social media and other ways for people to directly express opinions, Christian writers should take extra care to be aware of the facts when it comes to both theology and society. Since Christians actually believe there is truth and it is knowable, Christian writers should be a lot more like classic journalists, researching, studying, and reporting truth, rather than simply …

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Category: Reading, The Writing Life, Trends

What Do You Read to Stay Informed?

By Steve Laubeon June 20, 2022
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I am occasionally asked to list the magazines, newsletters, and blogs I read to stay informed about our industry. It is a good question. But when I started compiling the list, I realized how ridiculously long it is. Therefore, I can only list selected highlights by type of media. Lest you get the wrong impression, realize I’m an eclectic reader who skims the surface of the waters gleaning …

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Category: Book Business, Reading, TrendsTag: Informed, Reading
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