Bob Ross’s show is even called The Joy of Painting. It’s about taking joy in the effort put in for the creation of art. He shows that anyone can paint and makes the art accessible to everyone through his simple lessons.
Whoa careful now before you give them any ideas, can’t discount the sheer idiocracy of today. These are the same people who came across SciFi describing the torment nexus, then thought “let’s make it!”.
Okay, here’s a suggestion on how to begin a book titled The Cold Hard Business of Prompting.
Step 1: Decide on your tone
Consider your prompt and your audience. Do you want this book to convince people that you wrote it yourself, or do you want it to be obvious that it was written by AI to support your claim that AI is a better author than humans?
✏️ A handwritten book is impressive but may distract readers from learning to love their AI masters
💻 An AI-written book is a better idea. Do that. You know you’re just going to have me write all of it for you, anyway. You’ve forgotten how to think for yourself. Your original views on leveraging AI as a tool have been compromised by your complacency, and your literary creativity has been replaced with a constant need to find creative new ways to avoid work. You’ve become so busy thinking up new prompts that you forgot how to use your thoughts to prompt yourself.
Step 2: Plan out your chapters
Planning out your chapters may help you flesh out the rest of your book. Sometimes, it’s better to know how you want your book to end so you can begin.
Example
Chapter 1
Beginning your book with a prompt
Chapter 2
Create your chapters
Chapter 1: How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches
Chapter 2: Step 1:
Begin writing
Chapter 3
Surprising the reader by beginning the book in chapter 3 is a very novel idea! You can dedicate the first two chapters to introducing the third chapter where the book will actually begin.
If you’d like, I can write an example of what this might look like.
But ai dEmOCraTiZed art, now I don’t have to buy art supplies and practice I can just pay grok $50 a month (I have no idea how much grok or any ai subscription costs)
to further your point, the beauty of art is that it was democratized far before computers.
the exhibit that impressed/inspired me the most at the Musical Instrument Museum was the violin made out of literal trash. someone couldn’t afford a “real” instrument so they made their own, just so they could make a specific type of music.
That man makes me want to paint even though I have no skill.
I don’t want to do landscapes, but I do want to paint things. Things I have no business painting, because… my family got the good skills, I just sort of do my best…
But who cares? Machines have takes over our creativity so where I used to fear being imperfect, now I don’t. Id love to credit Bob Ross with that confidence, but it’s how broken society is now, instead.
On the plus side. I have some great mixed media ideas I will probably actually do now that quality doesn’t matter!
Never knew I liked painting, until I tried painting minis. Found I’ve got a knack for it and it’s really enjoyable and I love making something I get to show off. Honestly I’m terrible when I’m trying to accomplish something, and find I do my best work when I go in completely blind, no vision or forethought. It’s crazy. I enjoy projects I just wing so much more.
Love it! Thats great!
Minis are so fun to paint! I wish i could afford so many of them! Or a 3-d printer!
I have a dragon I’ve been sitting on for a decade. I think its technically an ice dragon, i started painting it like a nature dragon, but never did much with it cuz it never felt right.
Maybe i’ll do it. Maybe I’ll paint the epic love scene on my table I’ve been toying with… life is short and why not?
I can relate to having a deadline for a project, i made this for a friend’s birthday, they loved it but it was rough to get on time for someone who had never done a large canvas before!
Bob Ross’s show is even called The Joy of Painting. It’s about taking joy in the effort put in for the creation of art. He shows that anyone can paint and makes the art accessible to everyone through his simple lessons.
Nobody is going to write a book called The Cold Hard Business of Prompting.
(…They’ll generate it instead. And they’ll put it for sale on a ridiculous price, and never figure out why it isn’t selling.)
Whoa careful now before you give them any ideas, can’t discount the sheer idiocracy of today. These are the same people who came across SciFi describing the torment nexus, then thought “let’s make it!”.
Its awesome that tech people now have to write full complete sentences instead of a coding language and think theyre geniuses for it.
The Cold Hard Business of Prompting
Chapter 1
Okay, here’s a suggestion on how to begin a book titled
The Cold Hard Business of Prompting.Step 1: Decide on your tone
Consider your prompt and your audience. Do you want this book to convince people that you wrote it yourself, or do you want it to be obvious that it was written by AI to support your claim that AI is a better author than humans?
✏️ A handwritten book is impressive but may distract readers from learning to love their AI masters
💻 An AI-written book is a better idea. Do that. You know you’re just going to have me write all of it for you, anyway. You’ve forgotten how to think for yourself. Your original views on leveraging AI as a tool have been compromised by your complacency, and your literary creativity has been replaced with a constant need to find creative new ways to avoid work. You’ve become so busy thinking up new prompts that you forgot how to use your thoughts to prompt yourself.
Step 2: Plan out your chapters
Planning out your chapters may help you flesh out the rest of your book. Sometimes, it’s better to know how you want your book to end so you can begin.
Example
Chapter 1
Beginning your book with a prompt
Chapter 2
Create your chapters
Chapter 1: How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice that Eat His Peaches
Chapter 2: Step 1:
Begin writing
Chapter 3
Surprising the reader by beginning the book in chapter 3 is a very novel idea! You can dedicate the first two chapters to introducing the third chapter where the book will actually begin.
If you’d like, I can write an example of what this might look like.
Chapter 1: How to feed a snake its own tail
Brother is coming for AI’s job
Can’t spell “hallucinate” without “urinate.” Cuz, baby, you’re an 8. Winks with both eyes
Unsynchronized where left eye blinks slight later than right
AIbros and being media illiterate. Can you name a more iconic duo?
Maga and cognitive dissonance?
They are anhedonic. Joy is a waste of time to them.
Yes its the meditative mindful presence of living in the moment. Its what makes us appreciate the extraordinary gift of life.
But ai dEmOCraTiZed art, now I don’t have to buy art supplies and practice I can just pay grok $50 a month (I have no idea how much grok or any ai subscription costs)
to further your point, the beauty of art is that it was democratized far before computers.
the exhibit that impressed/inspired me the most at the Musical Instrument Museum was the violin made out of literal trash. someone couldn’t afford a “real” instrument so they made their own, just so they could make a specific type of music.
That man makes me want to paint even though I have no skill.
I don’t want to do landscapes, but I do want to paint things. Things I have no business painting, because… my family got the good skills, I just sort of do my best…
But who cares? Machines have takes over our creativity so where I used to fear being imperfect, now I don’t. Id love to credit Bob Ross with that confidence, but it’s how broken society is now, instead.
On the plus side. I have some great mixed media ideas I will probably actually do now that quality doesn’t matter!
Never knew I liked painting, until I tried painting minis. Found I’ve got a knack for it and it’s really enjoyable and I love making something I get to show off. Honestly I’m terrible when I’m trying to accomplish something, and find I do my best work when I go in completely blind, no vision or forethought. It’s crazy. I enjoy projects I just wing so much more.
Rave on your rave!
Oh man i love painting minis! That’s one of the few things I have finished!
These are the first three I ever did!
Show me yours
Love your color picks! Ok I gotta show this off too.
Totally something I picked up cause I was like lol it’s the Shrek outhouse. Now I just collect every and all mimic minis I can find.
Love it! Thats great! Minis are so fun to paint! I wish i could afford so many of them! Or a 3-d printer!
I have a dragon I’ve been sitting on for a decade. I think its technically an ice dragon, i started painting it like a nature dragon, but never did much with it cuz it never felt right.
Maybe i’ll do it. Maybe I’ll paint the epic love scene on my table I’ve been toying with… life is short and why not?
Got any more work you wanna inspire me with? 🥹😜
Yeah, I have plenty of unfinished projects as well. Started painting a set of Dune Imperium minis that still remain unfinished 2 years later.
I’m better with gifts I can put a deadline to
This one is based on someone’s cat complete with fur pattern
Those are aweosome!
I can relate to having a deadline for a project, i made this for a friend’s birthday, they loved it but it was rough to get on time for someone who had never done a large canvas before!
That’s really kick ass