I write crime novels. Nothing famous just local paperback mysteries I self publish for fun. I used the AI to help me brainstorm clues or figure out police procedure. It was really helpful for checking if a plot hole was too obvious.

But lately it has become impossible to work with. I was trying to write a scene where a body is found in a marsh. Standard mystery stuff. I asked the AI to describe the decomposition and it refused. It gave me a lecture about graphic violence and safety guidelines.

I am a sixty year old woman writing a detective story. I am not trying to hurt anyone. I tried to explain that it is fiction and it just kept repeating the same apology script. It feels like having a secretary who is terrified of her own shadow.

I spent more time arguing with the computer than I did writing. Eventually I just turned it off. It is faster to just go to the library than to try and convince a robot that I am not a criminal. It is insulting honestly.