This week on The Hope Axis, I’m joined by Jasmine Sun for a conversation about AI, writing, creativity, and how writers are actually navigating all this change. Jasmine is a writer and leads writing communities, and until last year worked at Substack helping creators think through how new tools might affect their work. We talk about the questions writers ask most often, what feels exciting, what feels worrying, what feels strange, and where a bit of hope still shows up. Hope you enjoy.

For the full transcript of our conversation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12cnSKpVbHv2qKuIRk4pCPFWpE2H8lhsf/view?usp=drive_link

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Shownotes:

(00:00) Working at Substack

(05:49) Bridging the Divide Between Writers and Technologists

(12:40) Working for Major Outlets

(16:36) Why Mainstream Media Views Everything Through a Political Lens

(21:43) Translating the Jargon and Breaking The Silos

(28:47) Technology Being Developed Over People's Heads

(30:36) Intelligence and Specialization

(34:30) Applications and Limits of AI in Writing, Authenticity

(42:19) The SF Writing Community

(48:50) Working With Kevin Roose on His New Book About AGI

(53:09) Closing Remarks

Books, Essays & References Mentioned:

Superintelligence — Nick Bostrom The AGI Chronicles (forthcoming) — Kevin Roose “No Free Lunch” — Eric Hoel

AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) Large Language Models (LLMs) Jagged frontier of intelligence Human creativity vs automation Tech–culture translation

Asterisk Magazine Substack