When The Station Leaves The Train

By Eric Le Roy

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A couple of days ago, my colleague informed me that almost all of our readership had disappeared. Apparently, our erstwhile ‘fans’ are now opting for the seamless, dreamless efficiency of AI. I don’t blame them. Who wouldn’t prefer to have the world and all that’s in it summarized in a few seconds, when the alternative is a laborious process once known as ‘thought’?

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The Sterile Muse

By Eric Le Roy

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      Modern conceptual art poster with ancient statue of bust of Venus. Collage of contemporary art.

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Content 16+ I get a lot of ‘creative’ and ‘analytical’ stories and essays from ChatGPT these days, which would be fine with me, except that they have my students’ signatures on them. So what should I think of all this? And what should I do?

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First, some background. I am now an ESL (English as Second Language) tutor. I also write books and Read the rest