Ent has pondered, and Ent has concluded. (For Ent, anyway.)
one thinks thoughts. one grabs a chisel and hammer, finds an appropriate rock, and cuts an image of those thoughts into the stone. The chisel and hammer are
tools.
one thinks thoughts. one grabs a pencil and paper and scribbles words onto the paper, and those words express the thoughts. The pencil and paper are
tools.
one thinks thoughts. One grabs some brushes and paints, and paper or canvas, and composes those thoughts into images. The brushes and paints and paper and canvas are
tools.
one thinks thoughts. One pushes representations of those thoughts into some form of AI program such as this 'chat GPT' thingy, and the chat thingy extrudes its representation of the thoughts it has been fed. The GPT thingy is a
tool.
In each and all cases, the tools are used to provide a representation of the thinker's thoughts. When the thinker sees the result the tools have produced, if the thinker does not like the end result it is scrapped. If the thinker is OK with the result of the application of the tools, the product remains...the representation of the thinkers thoughts.
Was it a GPT 'creation' ? By no means. GPT is but a tool. The input and accepted result were the thinker's creation, realized through use of an avaiable
tool.
Like
RoP, AI "is". Whether it's AI applied to artwork or word-smithing, it exists and will become more widely spread.
(Another incremental step in the decline of the skill and power of the actual human being, but hey... we've accepted such destructions to our species for a long time now. No need to stop. We think we are 'progressing' after all...!)
Thus like RoP, like it or not, it is... and is not going to change, or go away. "Resistance is futile." But we do need to understand the difference between application of
tools and other things.
Frankly, though both must be accepted, because they ARE, and no amount of crowing or whining will make them disappear, it would seem use of
tools would be easier to accept.
(Reminder: 'acceptance' is NOT the same as liking or agreeing with. But acceptance is essential for appropriate mental health and balance.)
anyone who hints at not completely disliking
Rings of Power will draw heat for it here
We continue in hope those who 'dislike' RoP will yet come to the place where they can just say "I can appreciate your opinion. Mine is, I dislike the RoP series. In my view, it sucks." rather than what we usually see, which is some form of thinly veiled 'hArHaRhAr you colossal fool... every scene of RoP is just dreadful and you're a nut job for thinking otherwise."
I do believe some progress has been seen in that direction. I do also believe we'll know soon if I'm just drinking the wrong Ent-draughts.
And no, no rules were broken in the production of this chat GPT post.