Today I saw a commercial for a tool that would auto-generate complete books. Including all chapters, text, graphics, layout, everything.
It was tailored to non-fiction, but it's rather scary - at least to writers. What will be the next step? Will there be 100% written - and readable - novels in our future?
Will there be any writers left? Probably. But - to level the playing field - I think we should be honest about WHO is creating the work...
MY stance on AI
I believe that every writer should be honest about their stance on AI.
For example, I will NOT use any AI tool to generate my text. The words I write are mine, not someone else's. Yes, I will use a spell checker, and I believe it is okay to use an AI tool to analyze your text for issues (although I have not done so, and probably never will).
But that's the line I draw in the sand. I will not let AI write my stories, no matter how good it gets. I will write my stories myself.
I don't mind if other people do use AI, and I might use AI for other purposes (though, to be frank, except for some image generation I haven't seen any good use thus far).
My stance on AI writing
No. Period. And thus far all the AI generated books I've encountered were bad, bad, bad, without a single exception.
My stance on AI analysis
Haven't used it, but wouldn't mind
My stance on AI covers
This is a tough one. Personally, I don't mind, but I know that using an AI cover has two consequences:
1. Readers might doubt your statement that you don't use AI for your writing, as you did use it for your cover.
2. AI covers are generated by LLMs that are trained on human generated material. Which is unfair to the original graphic artists.
So, I don't use AI covers myself, but I would not be bothered by other people using AI generated cover art, and that's primarily because I care more about the words inside the book than about the graphics on the outside.
I think it's fine if an artist uses AI to figure out poses, compositions, things like that (tons of people use software like Poser and call themselves artists) but even then I think using such AI generated imagery should be limited to reference, and should not be incorporated into the artist's artwork.
But hey, that's my opinion. What is yours?
YOUR stance on AI
Be honest about it! Tell the world if you used AI, and if so, tell the reader how much was generated by AI. That's fair play.
Writers who write themselves should be able to stand out, if only a little bit. They are the haute couture, the craftsmen, the cottage industry of entertainment. Our final heroes of inspiration and creation.
You could be one of them. So, be honest.
Your stance on AI analysis
Your stance on AI covers
Think about it...
How do you recognize AI
That's getting harder and harder, but let me share one observation: the use of em-dash DOESN'T MEAN that a book has been written by an AI!!!
For example, I strongly believe the semi-colon is a pretty useless beast, and I never use it, but I do use em-dash - like these - in my work. Quite a bit, actually.
If you hate AI, then please try to understand how an AI / LLM works, and how to recognize its output. Lots of em-dashes mean very little...
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