The Seduction of AI for Writing

Perhaps the most transformative technology of our lifetime, Generative AI is becoming de rigueur in a rapidly-expanding set of human activities, with writing at the fore. AI can produce certain written content amazingly quickly and shockingly well. For it’s efficiency and quick creation alone, use of AI is seductive. But there are downsides. Impacts range from threatened content ownership to homogenization, loss of authenticity, and more. In this workshop, we explore the pearls and perils of AI and discuss how to adjust our mindset for suitable use of AI that preserves or elevates human dignity and creativity.

This event will be LIVE at Gilman Street Brewery. Find us in the back room, among the barrels full of as much beer as they are atmosphere. Have a peek at Gilman's food menu before you go.

1:00 p.m. Doors open. Food and drinks available at the bar.

2:00 p.m. Club Announcements
2:30 p.m. Special Programming
3:00 p.m. Featured Speaker: Larry Ebert
4:00 p.m. Author Support Group more info here.

THE CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB was started by a group of community-minded writing professionals in the early 1900s. They met informally until 1909, when the Club was founded, with Austin Lewis as its first president. The Berkeley Branch is the founding branch of the statewide Club, which now has 19 branches and around 2000 members throughout California. We are the third oldest writers’ club in the country, celebrating over a century serving Bay Area writers.

The CWC is a nonprofit professional organization open to writers in every genre and at every level of experience, from novice to published. Our mission is to educate writers of all abilities in the craft and business of writing. Our purpose is to promote fellowship and to provide practical information that supports all members in achieving their publishing goals.

Our writer’s motto, “Sail on!” is from Joaquin Miller’s poem, .

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Gilman Brewing Company, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, United States

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