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I, personally, wouldn't use one. I write for the love of being creative so using a bot kind of misses the point for me.

If they are going to be allowed, then I suggest there be a requirement that bot-generated stories be clearly marked, whether by giving them their own category or a mandatory tag like "bot". And I probably would not allow them in comps unless the comp was themed to incorporate them.

Given those conditions, I would be fine with them being here but I certainly think people claiming authorship on something they generated using a bot is iffy territory.

That said, doesn't OpenAI forbid the use of their bots, both GPT and Dall-E for prurient purposes? Not sure about others. That would limit their utility here in any case so it might be more of an issue for SS where I have already made similar comments.

I have used an image bot to generate a cover image but only once (it is on my latest story on SS).

Footnote: Just saw Susie's post. Her use of "ChatGPT" as a tag is exactly what I have in mind.

For me, the experiments I carried out lacked soul. Very dull with no insight or sense of essence, for want of a better word. And yes, it is quite prudish... if you ask it to write something involving cheating or voyeurism for example, it says it can't.

It also takes a lot of time. You have to ask it to redraft and redraft. So I can't see the point of it here. I was looking at it from an educational assessment point of view where it will write an essay in seconds. The future of assessment will be an interesting journey as it doesn't get picked up by plagiarism software as it is a unique piece of writing.

Confession time…

 In a drunken fit of pique on my 50th birthday, I said I wasn’t going to write here any more and deleted all my friends.

 Since then, some of you may have noticed I’ve published two microfictions.

 The first was a tongue-in-cheek response to Sprite dissing my habit of elongating words such as Fuuuccccckkkkkkkk.

 Last night, another microfiction appeared on the front page, titled Secrets. https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/secrets-9

It’s got a similar number of likes to my other stories I publish. The more observant of you may have noticed one of the tags was chatgbt.

 I did not write this story. I was merely the editor. It was written by an AI programme. All I did was tidy up the grammar and punctuation.

 I think this raises interesting points on authorship.

Slainte

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one of the perks of my position is that i can suspend or ban accounts at whim. don't push it, girlie.

Oh I love it when you act mean… flutters my eyelashes at you 😘

I’ll just leave this here 😘

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/cuuummmnninnngggg

I am so sad to hear this. As the Green Man, Larry was a wonderful supporter of upcoming talent. His witty and heartfelt comments will be sadly missed.

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Deep inside I knew why I like you so much...😊❤️

Well they deleted my post on the thread about stories so I’m glad you quoted me. It may not stay up too long.

Still.. I only popped in to say goodbye. So happy new year and maybe I’ll see you someplace else. I’m leaving the stories. Too many to bother taking with me.

Slante 🥃

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Well Shane MacGowam would be barred..

No scumbags, maggots or cheap lousey faggots…

Merry Christmas my arse 💋♥️

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It’s a YouTube link which plays fine when I look at it and plays the song when I click on it. 🤷‍♀️

Some great micros in the Christmas comp. I have an idea but can’t find the right pic to match.

I love George Carlin’s list. I find that in Lush a lot. There’s an unpublished list of words and acts that you can’t write but it’s only once you break it that a mod sends your story back.

Anyway….HAF4W5Jr1Pl9TLPX

I think I’ll have a grapefruit for breakfast as it is therapeutic to eat it after I open the drapes and let the light stream in as I look at the skyscrapers and see how many words lush has censored

Howdy folks.. in honour of the freezing cold weather we are having I wrote a story about fire.. or pyrophilia to be precise…

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fetish/burnadette

I’ll have a hot whiskey please x

I’d no problem adding tags for my latest story last night including creating new ones like pyrophilia

That happens to me too.. if someone likes my forum post and I click on the notification, it takes me 4 pages past the last post... I'm using Chrome on macbook..

Also, when I view my forum posts from my profile, if I click on view post, it takes me to page 1, rather than page 2139 of the rumps forum for example.

I think personally you can’t go wrong with cunt though I know some people find it offensive. I have used pussy but I always feel it’s a bit naff but I quite agree we need more terms

I blame Dr Johnson who deliberately excluded the many terms in use for the vagina from his dictionary

Cock, dick and shaft seem to cover it for the men.

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On a more uplifting note, deviantsusie has published a wonderful micro about a young woman with real entrepreneurial spirit. This latest contribution to her pantie parade has been given a well deserved RR

Soiled

Give it a read -- it will rinse away the foul taste of troll.

Thank you so much Kistin for the shout out. That’s the only micro I’ve written thats got the coveted RR so I’m hyper chuffed it’s been so well received

Kimmi, I’m sorry for your loss. I’m dreading the day that one of our dogs dies and keep hoping it won’t be until after the kids have grown up. I don’t think either me or them are ready for that.

Hoping everyone is doing their best to survive the cold.. or heat if you’re Annie.

I’ll have a hot whiskey please, James, with cloves, sugar and lemon. Slainte 😘

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In other news, excited to see an author - Longing - closing in on the Omnium badge! He'll make the 9th in the club! He has 5 more categories to hit. There are currently 15 with the Prolific badge (written in 80% of categories). In my opinion it's a great way to grow as a writer. And he's really adding a unique, well-written piece to each category he hits.

Be good to see Longing join the club.. though there were 13 Omniums in Lush already, not 8

BostonBabe, Brookell, Green_Man, Mysteria27 and Sholbin83 had it as well as ChrisM, Techgoddess, NaughtyAnnie, KimmiBeGood, DarkSide, Banes1, Deviantsusie and Cumgirl.

I know I had issues getting my Omnium back, be nice if the other 5 got theirs back too.

Hi, there seems to be an issue with accessing images in old posts in the POV group.

When I click on an image in any post from August 2022 or earlier it tells me I do not have permission to view this media, even though I have previously been able to view it and the original poster has not made any changes to the images.

Is this a glitch or is there a time limit on images in group posts

Thanks x

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Well, congratulations to the American side for moving on. But y'all are going to have your work cut out for you against Nederlands – a World Cup perennial threat.

And since Canada has effectively been eliminated, I'll be rooting for Nederlands – along with my co-author, Nika!

No offense to my American friends, but I owe Nika my loyalty, right?

Mehhhh.. I find it hard to take a world Cup in the winter seriously... and more importantly, given the appalling human rights record in Qatar where homosexuality is a crime which can be punishable by death, the less airtime they take up in my head, the better.

Anyway, I wrote a charming little tale which James seems to think is "Sexy, slinky, totally sleazy – and fun!" I can hardly think of a better recommendation... at 918 words, it'll hardly put a dent in your half-time viewing.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/cheating/best-friends-forever-3

Sure… why not. Though I did see an article which said people in general shouldn’t pee in the shower as the bladder can get conditioned to the sound of running water and relax.. a kind of Pavlov’s piss condition

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating their thanks…. Me, I was just writing smut.

Speaking of smut, here’s a story without the usual darkness you might have come to expect from me.

It’s even got a literary bent… inspired by Shakespeare no less but with a lesbian twist.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/fantasy-sci-fi/queen-mab

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Hey! Susie has a Noir comp entry posted. AND it's on the "Fuck Coven" label – my fav!

I haven't read it yet, but Susie writes superior smut, so I'm looking forward to it!

Find it here: Bad Decisions

Thank you James. When it came to choosing a cover pic, this one kinda begged for a pulp fiction type cover and what better than a new print under the coven banner.

Even though the original coven is long disbanded, I do like the idea of certain stories coming out under that banner. I hope you enjoy it when you get the time to read it.

I’m going to be slowly making my way through the other entries now. I like to get my story in before getting too despondent when I see the the talent displayed by everyone else. The couple I’ve read so far are superb.

I’ll have a whiskey, Jameson’s if there’s any left while I head in to the next comp story

The twins in my class used to swap seats and answer for each other just to mess with the teachers heads. Funnily enough they both studies the same subject at university in different universities and both work in the same field in different countries. One says he’s spends half his time at conferences saying “No, that was my brother you met “

No. Keep the eggs in the cupboard. They are on a shelf in the shops so why put them in the fridge when you get home?

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I think all of us piling into micros isn't helping (that includes me and my two in the last week). They're quick to write, the mods pull 'em out to slip them through, and then BANG! they move weightier stories off the front page.

But they are fun – like Susie's latest fun piece. Check it out!

I agree. Mea culpa… I’m trying to finish the comp piece so naturally all these other ideas suddenly decide they want to be released first… release Brian.. that’s what I say 🤪

Hey Ape… pouring another beer. This Nouvelle Vague song is a cover of the Specials song. I always think the Specials is like Friday night and Nouvelle Vague is Saturday morning.

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Well, another story hits the trash. Ha! At least it won't be lonely there. My story "Nothing But Sex" sucked big hairy balls. I cringed trying to edit it, so I hit Delete! I guess my lil science experiment about the preferences of current readers will remain a guess. 😊

I’m sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to the peer reviewed paper coming from it .. whoops slipped into work mode there.

You should save it for Aprils fool day. I’ll even do you a coven cover for it 😘🤣

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4. Of course the text is about film - and you're not supposed to submit a film for the competition - but have you ever noticed that in the entry for this competition ALL the quotes are from films? I didn't notice that any of you writers expressed surprise or irritation at this! Even though all the films mentioned are based on literary sources? From James M. Cain to Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler to Mickey Spillane? So you could have been given quotes from the books as bait?

a couple of previous competitions used a photograph as the starting point.

Was this wrong too?

Evening everyone.. it’s Friday so I’ll have a beer.

In a definite case of blink and you miss it, I had a micro on the front page for an hour or so today.

That must be the fastest moving queue in a while.

Here’s the link for those who missed it

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/microfiction/laundry

Cheers xx