19
Sep 2024
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Uncovering Urban Legacies: Stories of Bombay's Precincts - Mazagon
Coomaraswamy Hall, CSMVS, Mumbai - 400001
In the past year, how often did you stumble upon a
headline that pondered the fate of writers in the post generative Artificial
Intelligence (AI) world? Something like this - Will artificial intelligence
replace writers entirely, or will it empower them with innovative tools to
elevate their craft?
The true essence of impactful writing is more complex. It intertwines
layers of personal and emotional depth, extending far beyond the realm of
AI-generated content. However, we must acknowledge that AI's presence in our
lives is here to stay and evolve, so the right question to ask is - How can AI
be used to assist and amplify human writing?
Whether you express your creativity through long-form blogs, catchy
social media captions, tales of fiction, or are working on your next book, join
us for a full-day workshop and explore the possibilities to enrich and amplify
your creative endeavors.
Highlights:
1. Unveiling and demystifying the myths, realities, and
limitations of AI
2. Impact of AI on creative writing – idea
generation, voice, editing, and re-writing
3. Leveraging AI tools to strengthen creative writing
4. Evolution and future of creative writing with technology
Chetan Mahajan is the co-founder of the Himalayan Writing Retreat. A Penguin-published author, he quit the corporate world and moved to a village in the Himalayas to be a full-time author, blogger and teacher almost a decade ago. Before that this Kellogg MBA was in leadership roles of ed-tech companies and startups for about a decade. The Himalayan Writing Retreat is all about helping people with their writing. It is the only residential facility built from the ground up for writers. It is rated 5-star on google reviews. Chetan won the Indiblogger award for humor for his personal blog. He has also published articles in the Mint, Outlook Magazine, Hindu Business Line, Readers Digest and the Hindustan Times (Brunch). Writing, and how technology impacts it, is a core interest for Chetan.
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Rochelle is the author of Four Degrees of Separation, Bombay Hangovers, and Paper Asylum - shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020. She is an alumna of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP) and a Charles Wallace Writer’s Fellow, University of Stirling. She practices haiku, haibun, free verse poetry, short stories, novellas, novels, and screenplays and is wonderstruck by the invisible design and layered infrastructure behind each of these forms. The alchemy and algorithm of human creativity, aided by an exponential learning curve has led her to disbelieve the notion of 'development hell'. Her latest book of poetry, nominated for two international prizes: 'Coins in Rivers', and her first novel 'The Terracotta Goddesses' are due in 2024. She conducts poetry workshops through The Himalayan Writing Retreat and has been thrice invited as a creative-writing mentor for IWP, Iowa's summer programs.
Read moreEvolution of Writing Technology
The writing tools have evolved significantly over the
years, from the earliest writings with papyrus and parchment to modern-day
screens and digital technologies. Traditional writing skills were inscribed or
handwritten, however, with the introduction of various machines like
typewriters and later computers/laptops, writing became digitised. The
introduction of word processing software and multiple development and
advancements in digital writing tools have completely transformed writing
techniques leading to increased efficiency, collaboration, and accessibility.
Different Use Cases of AI in Writing
Each AI tool is designed with unique features and capabilities and specialising in performing other tasks. The different AI tools include content generation tools to write content like articles, blogs, and product descriptions, language editing tools to check and correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in written text, dialogue generation tools to generate realistic dialogue between characters in a script, which can be used by authors and film writers, and story generation tools to complete stories mostly based on a particular set of prompts. Jasper AI is a content-generating tool, Grammarly or Quillbot are used for language editing, Open AI’s GPT-3 is an example of a dialogue-generation tool, and Open AI’s Chat GPT is used for story generation. Another advantage of AI is it reduces costs for businesses and is a significant tool to improve the Search Engine Optimisation of the content used on the website and other portals. AI tools are a great assistant for the research involved in content writing, they help to find the resources quickly and accurately.
Challenges and Limitations of AI Writing Tools
Although AI is an extremely fast and beneficial creative writing and fiction tool, there are some challenges and restrictions. All Artificial Intelligence-based tools are designed to use existing content or text and rephrase or combine it to generate new content. Hence, they are considered to summarize or rewrite content and not produce 'original' content. In most cases, AI writers have a limited understanding of the context or intent behind a particular piece of text and also lack customised creativity aspects. Most of the content produced is based on the dataset on which the AI tool is trained; it needs to be continuously updated to eliminate bias and also to produce new innovative writing styles. In some cases, these tools require access to a lot of personal data, which may raise concerns regarding data privacy and security.
The Himalayan Writing Retreat
A writing retreat allows the writer to withdraw from their day-to-day responsibilities and dedicate a period of time and space just to writing. The Himalayan Writing Retreat is India's only purpose-built writing retreat, located in Satkhol, Uttarakhand. The various types of courses and workshops they offer are based on topics like Creative Writing, Non-Fiction Writing, Poetry, Wellness, and Blogging. They ensure tailored feedback and personalized guidance from renowned experts in the field of writing during the course of their workshops.
