High Agency: The Podcast for AI Builders From Fiction to Reality: Sudowrite's Journey in AI-Assisted Creative Writing
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Sep 11, 2024 James Yu, founder of Sudowrite, takes us on a fascinating journey into AI-assisted creative writing. He discusses the innovative features of Sudowrite, including its unique 'wormhole' tool that helps writers explore alternative narratives. The conversation also touches on early skepticism and community building around the platform. Yu shares insights on navigating the writer-AI relationship and the challenges of maintaining narrative coherence. Lastly, he predicts the future of AI in creative writing, emphasizing its potential as a creative companion.
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Sudowrite's Origin Story
- Sudowrite was born from the founders' own needs as fiction writers in a writing group.
- GPT-3 helped unblock creative roadblocks, inspiring them to build the assistant for other novelists.
Embrace Multiple AI Options
- Showing authors multiple AI-generated options encourages creative selection over forced acceptance.
- Even bad AI suggestions can spark better ideas from the writer.
Measure AI Feature Success
- Use both quantitative metrics and human feedback to refine AI writing features.
- Measure retention and positive user actions like content insertion to evaluate feature success.