Why AI can’t replace the creative struggle.

This spring, I sat at my desk to start my second novel. Instead, I got writer’s block. It’s a quaint affliction nowadays. Large-language models (LLMs) will generate five viable paths for a character in 10 seconds, making this torment feel almost elective. A few days later, a friend, who’s also a fiction writer, recommended a subscription-based LLM designed for hacks like me, who are fumbling around in the fog. I paid my dime, uploaded my first novel, and, to test the waters, tried an audacious…