[rizpanjwani]

When reading novels, I usually find myself skipping the portions that setup the atmosphere or looks of characters. I feel like a lot of it is forced. The latest book I read was Gideon the Ninth, and I found myself doing that quite a bit. I am more interested in the story and interaction between characters. Of course a bit of setting is indisposible such as where, when, rules of the universe, tech, etc. but a lot of the minute details I find don't matter.

If I were to write a novel, I would probably find it really mundane to flesh things out this way and perhaps GPT would be an ideal companion to fill in the details of the sketch while I focused on the main plot and interactions. Or maybe I would aim for readers who wouldn't mind reading a novel without all the fluff.

[purerandomness]

As a reader, I want to immerse myself in the world that the author creates for me. It's a communication between the author, and me, the reader.

If an author were to outsource this communication to an algorithm, I'd never read anything from this author again.

It's betrayal, just like outsourcing a phone call to your mother to GPT-3.

It's a waste of everyone's time: The authors time to set up and train the rubbish generation, the CPU cycles and energy wasted, and the reader's time.

Writing is a fine art, and captivating the reader is hard work. The fact that you get bored when reading work by authors that set up the scenery thoroughly might be a sign that those authors stuck to some kind of template for story drafting. There are tutorials and bootcamps for novelists, just like we have coding schools and Create-React-App.

If you get bored by texts created based on templated story layouts, imagine how readers would feel being fed GPT-3 nonsense.

[rizpanjwani]

I mostly agree with you except that the experience of every reader is different. What we find boring because of our over-exposure to similar themes might be exciting for someone who is encountering them for the first time. So if those readers are your targets, then I don't see anything wrong with GPT-3 aiding us.

In any case, do you mind recommending me some novels that you find exciting and do a good job of describing character and other details without being boring or generic?