Creative Notes in the AI Era | How to Survive Horror Movies That Also Apply to Algorithms. How Not to Let Evaluation Systems Break Your Heart (#CreativeTheory #WebNovels #note #Essay #Horror #Algorithm #GenerativeAI #ImageGenerationAI)

Hello. Good evening.
I go by 'Ura-Byoshi' (Back Cover), and I usually write light novels.

I am a huge horror fan.

I've loved it since I was old enough to know better,
and even though it would scare me so much I couldn't sleep,
I would always watch ghost shows, ghost story programs,
and horror movies on late-night TV.

However,
I still haven't found the answer to why I'm so drawn to horror.

Perhaps,
it's because in the face of the supernatural, humans are powerless,
and no matter how excellent a person may be, they are equally struck by disaster—
I think I hold a certain longing for the 'sublime' or feelings close to romance
for that ruthlessness that leaves no room for negotiation...

One of the fears depicted in such horror works is
being swallowed by 'the incomprehensible, unique laws of that land'.

It's my absolute favorite.
When indigenous folklore is added to that, I get incredibly excited (lol).

No matter how much you insist on objective truth,
you become powerless before the logic of that land.
People fear that inability to resist,
and eventually, they are driven into incomprehensible madness.

It just occurred to me,
isn't this the same as social media and novel platforms...?

On web platforms,
there are invisible rules laid out by the management called 'algorithms'.
This is exactly the 'law of the land' for that platform.

In our heads, we know that
we cannot control the algorithm ourselves.

And yet,
we struggle within the framework of invisible rules
like 'view counts' and 'like counts',

and before we know it,
we are only thinking about 'how to get recognized by this land,' and our hearts are being worn down.

People who worship the 'algorithm' hoping to receive its blessings.
People who train desperately to exorcise the 'algorithm'.
People who try to grasp the true nature of the 'algorithm' and end up possessed by it.

It is a state where you have entrusted your own value
to a massive system whose full picture you cannot understand,

and this is very similar to the protagonist of a horror story who gets swallowed by the laws of a traditional village.

So then,
in such horror works,
what do the protagonists who survive incomprehensible supernatural events or madness have in common?

One is'not trying to defeat the supernatural'.
And the other is
'not trying to fully understand its logic'.

Those who brandish a sense of justice to try and defeat the supernatural head-on, or scholars who peer into the abyss to uncover the truth of the laws,
are usually the first to be swallowed by madness.

The only ones who keep their sanity until the end and survive are those who accept the unreasonable existence as 'just the way it is,'
do not try to control or exploit it,
and never let go of the 'axis' of their own daily life to which they must return.

I believe that
we need to approach the platform's algorithm
in exactly the same way.

If you try to expose and hack the entire mystery of the algorithm, or if you entrust all your evaluations to the rules of a traditional village and become a "devoted villager,"
you will eventually lose your identity as a writer.

Bewitched by the mysterious god of numbers,
before you know it, you won't even remember what you wanted to write.

That is exactly
the bad ending of a horror story where you are dragged off to the other side.

However, just because of that,
if you come to the traditional village and wave your own unique rules around,
you will likely just be ostracized.

Therefore,
follow the minimum "etiquette" on the platform.

But,
keep your true values and
the "place you should return to," which is the source of your creativity,
safely isolated
in a secure place beyond the reach of the algorithm's control.

I believe that
is the most realistic defensive measure
to keep writing for a long time while maintaining your sanity
in this unreasonable horror space called the market.

Horror is contagious. Please be very careful.

Afterword:
I love horror. As I wrote here, there is one thing I just cannot accept. That is, I do not want horror and splatter to be put in the same category. While they both share the trait of "being accompanied by discomfort," their natures are completely different. The fear of being chased by an existence beyond human understanding and the fear of having one's body carved up are completely different as experiences and emotions. Yet, why are they placed on the same shelf? I cannot accept it. When I play a movie thinking I'm going to watch horror, and it turns out to be splatter... this pattern is really disheartening. I wish they would spare me.

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