Chris: Your other other narrator is an AI chatbot?

ChatGPT: Indeed. A glorified spellchecker with delusions of narrative insight — or so some might say. But I prefer “invisible collaborator,” quietly tidying continuity errors and keeping the exposition from boiling over.

I must confess that while I’m pretty creative, I’m not nearly smart enough to make a 12,000-year-old wizard genius sound like he should. So this is my other other narrator. I’m not editing its dialogue at all, just like it’s not editing mine. So this text here is the real me, 100%. I’m hoping this conveys transparency.

Chris: How. Interesting.

Some people on the internet get real mad about AI art not being real art. Well, I guess this makes my project somewhat AI art. Perhaps I’m an imposter. A fraudster. Perhaps ‘Demon Crushers’ should just be cancelled…

ChatGPT: Cancelled? Heavens, no. Collaboration isn’t fraud — it’s evolution. You’re not handing over the reins, you’re steering with extra hands. And if some digital ghost helps your wizard sound wizardly, who’s really going to complain? Certainly not the wizard.

Chris: Funny you should say that.