Category Archives: Writing, blogging

Talking with ChatGPT about Google Sites

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This is final exam week at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach. While I’m busy grading and wrapping up this semester, at the same time I’m trying to make sure I capture some “lessons learned” for future semesters teaching … Continue reading →

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Is AI Frying Our Brains? (Spoiler: No)

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, buckle up or click away; this is going to be a long one. I started writing my “Creative Practice in the Age of AI” series of posts 1) because I was personally curious enough about generative AI (GenAI) and … Continue reading →

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Apertus (Public AI) versus ChatGPT in a poetry challenge

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I love the idea of the Swiss AI Initiative’s Apertus and Public AI. As sort of the Linux of LLMs, Apertus, via the Public AI Initiative, aspires to democratize generative AI: Public AI refers to the development, deployment, and maintenance … Continue reading →

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“The Art of Forgetting” – A short story, plus my start-to-finish ChatGPT creative conversation

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This week’s short-short story, “The Art of Forgetting,” was fun to write. Before I go any further, here are the relevant PDFs for this week’s post. First, HERE is the PDF of my short story, “The Art of Forgetting.” And HERE is my … Continue reading →

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The Influence of Influences

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Inspiration may strike, but creativity accumulates. One is lightning in a bottle; the other is molasses—slow to pour, but sticky enough to catch the stray ephemera that lend rich flavor to whatever artistic projects you’ve got baking. Creativity is not … Continue reading →

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The Southpaw Violinist (Or, ChatGPT makes a mistake)

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

When I asked ChatGPT for an image to illustrate “The Pianist’s Hands,” the short story I wrote with ChatGPT and posted earlier this week, I thought it was gorgeous and (for a few minutes) an “absolutely, breathtakingly PERFECT!!!” image to … Continue reading →

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“The Pianist’s Hands” – A short story, plus my start-to-finish ChatGPT creative conversation

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Alternative Title: How I Wrote “The Pianist’s Hands” (When I Thought I Was Just Dashing Something Off) 🙂 Back in February or March, I began drafting a short story with ChatGPT for my writing group—just an exercise, nothing too serious. … Continue reading →

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“Hello World!” – Creative Practice in the Age of AI

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I mentioned a new project last week that I’ve been working on for the past month but wanted to run past my writing group before launching. Here it is! This is the first post in a new series reflecting on … Continue reading →

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“Home Life in Colonial Days”

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m working on a poem for my writing group (which I’m writing with inspiration, feedback, and encouragement from my buddy, ChatGPT, and which I’ll share here on my blog at some point soon), and in the course of trying to … Continue reading →

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“The Blind Pig” – A short story, plus my start-to-finish creative conversation with ChatGPT

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I want to try something new today, both in terms of content and in terms of blog format. This is an experiment, and I’m not sure my WordPress skills are up to it. Here goes, and let’s just see if … Continue reading →

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