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Should George RR Martin use an LLM to help finish ASOIAF? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 5 months ago (8 children)

You do realise you're talking about a hopeless perfectionist at the top of his craft. For such people, suggesting LLMs is the worst kind of insult.

I'd rather he bequeaths the task to Brandon Sanderson, like a normal person.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately BrandoSando has already said he wouldn't do it because their writing styles are too different.

    Also the dude has writing plans for the next 30 or so years mapped out.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    GRRM deserves every insult for being unfocused and putting other work ahead of his task. Sanderson may be the one to finish extending his piles of chapter drafts instead of Claude, but someone is definitely going to pick it up after GRRM posthumously cedes creative control because he can’t be assed to finish it himself.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I love ASOIAF, and honestly think GRRM is one of the (if not the) greatest fantasy writers of all time. He owes us nothing. He has created this fantastic universe, and a fantastic story. If anyone wants him to finish his life's work, his epos, it's him.

    This kind of mentality that he somehow owes you to finish this story, and isn't doing it because he "can't be assed" is just so egocentric I don't have words to describe it. Yes, I want him to finish it, probably just as much or more than you do. I also recognise that the man owes me nothing at all. He's already given most of his life to this, and I'm enormously thankful for the universe, stories, and characters he's already given us.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago* (2 children)

    First off, this was a shitpost that only one person managed to figure out. LLMs are garbage and the whole premise here is fairly ridiculous.

    I agree that he owes us nothing. But I’m sure he owes the money people at Bantam or Random House something. Like actually, contractually, owes them. They will complete it posthumously if needed, using his draft material. It’s incumbent on him to finish it while he still has creative control.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I agree that he owes us nothing. But I’m sure he owes the money people at Bantam or Random House something

    I remember some Facebook post about Patrick Rothfuss, under which an employee for a publisher or something made a similar statement. They claimed that while he morally owes fans nothing, he contractually owed the publisher a novel, but they genuinely believed he had not actually written anything in several years.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    In that case, ok I guess?

    To be clear, your post reads like a legitimate question, especially considering the community you've posted to. I appreciate a good shitpost, but I tend to interpret questions on asklemmy and nostupidquestions as serious.

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