Rachel Lapidow

Indeed I do!

That has to be hard. It's scary to hear of kids becoming so dependent on generative AI while eschewing books.

Yeah, it was too long.

Fair.

For instance, my husband's coworker's dad (who must be in his late 60s) DMs for a local group.

Yeah, you probably don't want to go to that local bar. At least not if you want to play a TTRPG! I wouldn't at all be surprised if there were groups near you aimed at Boomer and Gen X players.

It's a good tool. Our DM (dungeon master) will load maps in D&D Beyond that we can then move our character icons on.

There are apps, our D&D group uses D&D Beyond and that's what I use during our sessions to keep track of my character's health points, spells cast, equipment, etc. But plenty of folks still use paper character sheets. I still buy physical game books, though you can got those as ebooks.

One of the niches I do a lot of editing in is tabletop roleplaying games. I worked on an adventure that was created using D&D rules, but most of the games I work on use their own systems.

Probably also AI.

I'm all for using ethical efficiency tools like macros, wildcards, and text expanders in developmental editing.

But the thinking, the craft, the expertise, the customized support—that's why writers hire human editors, not a plagiarism machine that spits out generic and frequently incorrect advice.

I think they most likely are being sued. And this is them doing damage control to protect themselves against more lawsuits.

Smart! Not like hackers ever steal that sensitive data or anything.

I think one of them was hogging the hedge.

Tabletop roleplaying games. Things like Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, and Pathfinder. These are collaborative games that you generally play in person with a group of people.

"Five paragraphs! Whoa, some of us have day jobs, authors!"

This letter is amazing.

With some of the TTRPGs I work on, the author may go more than a chapter without using an acronym. Also, readers of TTRPGs often will pick up the book and review chapters at random, so adding the spelled out version once per chapter helps reduce possible confusion.

Yes, I like to do it that way too. In books or games where the author has created the abbreviation, I like to spell it out once per chapter if possible.

Hope you have enough tokens.

I hate having to use slashes or abbreviations where I normally wouldn't.

Alright. The session is over.

My thoughts:

W.T.F.

I can see why people didn't want to be recorded because admitting that you need ChatGPT to write a 1-2 sentence comment to your client is EMBARRASSING.

That is fucking stupid and a massive waste of energy. The search function on CMOS's website works just fine. In instances where I've been unsure of what to look for, I've posted questions into editing groups and gotten answers from fellow editors.

Thanks! I just barely had enough space to include them.

I'm very happy about ASI's stance.

"Author": I hope you don't mind, I used AI to write most of my book.

"Editor": No problem, I lack the analytical skills to edit it, so I had AI do it.

"Reviewer": Heck, I didn't even read it, and my AI got the name of your novel wrong.

"Reader": It's all good. I had AI summarize your novel to me.

I did! He makes me laugh a lot. Sometimes at him, sometimes with him.

I have a TENS unit for my back. I was asking my husband to place the electrode pads on my back. Before doing so he said, "Now, Rachel, this may shock you."

I think it would be cute to market them that way, or as a good size to take on a picnic or something.

That's great that your husband is also good at parenting. It has to be hard at times.