Posted on August 10, 2026 Posted by 14 Comments

Athena

" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?fit=225%2C337&ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?resize=225%2C337&ssl=1" alt="" width="225" height="337" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?w=225&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/whatever.scalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WHSAthenaS2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px">My father recently wrote a piece detailing some of his thoughts on AI, and in doing so he compared using generative AI to playing Guitar Hero . I shall not let this analogy stand.

If you think I’m pro-AI, you couldn’t be more wrong. There is no bigger hater of AI in the world than yours truly. So while I disagree with my father’s argument, it isn’t because I like AI, it’s because he slandered Guitar Hero .…