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*that* Heather Hudson

@artofheatherhudson.bsky.social

Old School CCG/TTRPG/M;tG illustrator traditional media, she/her Illuminating monsters a speciality. www.artofheatherhudson.com No A/I, no N/F/Ts, no fascists

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Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence and Creative Writing: A Policy of Sorts. I've posted versions before, but I update this each term following conversations with students. Here's my Fall '26 edition. In no way definitive! Learning as I go.

ABBREVIATED FOR ALT TEXT This is a course for those interested in writing not as means to an end but as an end in itself. Recently... I read a story in New York magazine titled, “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College,” by James D. Walsh.... I didn’t think AI would be a temptation for creative writing students. “Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College” persuaded me that for many students of all sorts it’s not a temptation but a condition. You sleep in a bed, you wear clothes, you don’t scream at teachers. Just the way it is. Maybe AI is becoming that, too, part of “just the way it is.” Maybe it is that already. My mind raced through ideas about how to “beat” AI. The article dismantled them. Then I thought, “That’s not my job.” I’m a writer and a teacher. I’m not a cop. If you want to work with me on writing, we can do that. If you want to cheat, you have the ability to do that, too, and the truth is, I probably can’t stop you.... Per Dartmouth’s policy: “Students may not use GenAI tools for submitted coursework unless expressly permitted.” I do not permit it.... I’m interested in working with students for whom writing feels, somehow, good. Even if sometimes it’s painful. Who seek that feeling anyway. A feeling of being, of alertness. Of purpose; of intention. Of practice. This is a course for those who are interested in using writing to experience some variation of this feeling. Sometimes it comes in a moment of clarity, sometimes in the making of a lyrical juxtaposition. There are so many more emotional, intellectual, and spiritual possibilities that arise from the act of shaping language... There is no paycheck, or even a finished book held in hand for the first time, that has ever brought me as much complicated pleasure as the arrangement of words. Maybe you’re like this, too. Or maybe you want to be. If so, I designed this course with someone like you in mind.
*that* Heather Hudson@artofheatherhudson.bsky.social · 6d ago

Happening this week - and that’s my goofy baby dragon in the photos!

Changeling Artist Collective@changelingart.bsky.social · last wk.

The Changelings’ SEP Auction “High Fantasy” is OPEN! Here be dragons, fairies, & more to delight.🐉 Check the auction album on our FB page for instructions on how to bid. Auction ends this FRI, 9/18! Help our Collective out by commenting, Liking, & resharing this post. Support human artists!

An owl donned in knight's armor swoops down from the sky. Art by Elisabeth Alba.
*that* Heather Hudson@artofheatherhudson.bsky.social · last wk.

Good thread from @doctorow.pluralistic.net on the reality of LLMs vs the fantasy of AI. Thorough explanation of the Hugging Face exploit included.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last wk.

Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...

A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
*that* Heather Hudson@artofheatherhudson.bsky.social · 2w ago

My Epson fine art printer is over a decade old and eats 9 (nine) 100usd+ ink cartridges to function, but Im afraid to replace it now. Even if i could afford it, a replacement would probably self destruct w/in a year and have AI stuffed into it for jo reason at all.