ChatGPT and other AI software present as many opportunities as they do challenges for individual arts workers and artists. Controversy surrounds how AI is trained (sometimes using pirated works), how it may replace artists (such as voiceover actors) or even reconfigure how we examine history.
If you provide an initial idea or point of interest, it can suggest resonant themes, similar works or possible twists to your prompt. Depending on your comfort level, it can go further: generating character names, plot beats or entire prose sections. Warning: it won’t be great. But it’ll be a start.