They say it can increase your productivity, and hot damn does that man need it. LLMs work best when manipulating input text along with contextual content. That sounds almost exactly like partially-edited manuscript and conceptual thought doodles plus several existing storyline books.
Admit it, if he dies before finishing, and someone publishes the result of such an AI output, you would read it. So he might as well get some AI help to finish it “himself”, sooner, right?
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.
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.
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.
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.