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Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal

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American science fiction and fantasy author, audiobook narrator and puppeteer; four-time Hugo Award winner, author of the Lady Astronaut series and The Spare Man; president of SFWA from 2019 to 2021.

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  1. The fact that my cat can arguably vote for the Hugo awards strikes me as a sign that the rules should be updated to specify that only humans can vote.

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  2. 6 months earlier
  3. If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.

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  4. But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.

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  5. 4 weeks earlier
  6. I don't think something written with AI should EVER be eligible. And I'm glad SFWA shut that door.

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  7. LLMs

    Well, I think there are legitimate uses of LLM AI. Like, using it to translate a primary source that isn't available in your language.

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  8. 2 months earlier
  9. I think narrative structure is created through Pace, Lens , Order, and Tension.

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  10. 5 weeks earlier
  11. I don't think that mispronouncing a name is a problem in and of itself. I think that blaming someone else for not being able to pronounce a name IS a problem.

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  12. 6 months earlier
  13. Things by AI can be distractions and diversions, but they cannot be an expression.

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  14. 8 days earlier
  15. We need to be using the privileges that we have as shields for our neighbors.

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