Unpopular opinion: prompt generators are killing creativity, not helping it

Been seeing a lot of posts lately pushing those AI prompt generators for writing ideas. I tried one out for about two months last summer. Every single suggestion felt like a carbon copy of something I'd already seen on Wattpad or in a Netflix original. The problem is they all train on the same data, so you get the same tropes over and over. Made my writing feel hollow. I ended up ditching it and going back to freewriting from random news headlines. Has anyone else found these tools make your work feel less original?

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theabennett9d agoMost Upvoted

Had the SAME experience with those generators last year. Here's my real question though: did you notice how they train you to THINK in those same tired patterns even after you stop using them? Took me weeks to get my brain back to making its own connections between ideas. What made you finally realize your writing was getting hollow - was it a specific piece or just a general feeling?

amy_reed799d ago

That one time I tried to write a short story about a dog after using a generator for a week and the dog ended up sounding like a motivational speaker. It was like the dog was giving life advice instead of just being a dog, you know? That's when I realized I wasn't even writing like me anymore, just copying some hollow script.