An author using AI will outperform just the AI 100% of the time. Unless actual superintelligent AI is invented, novelists have little to worry about.
Gogogrl on
No, most novelists do not think this.
twoendsausage on
I don’t think so. In fact, we’re already seeing a profound backlash against any “art” produced by AI. There will probably be some or even many commercially successful AI “artists” once younger generations become consumers that are used to AI content being in their lives. But the market for genuine, human art will never disappear. After all, many people thought reading would die out in the 2010s, and it’s back as strong as ever now thanks in part to booktok, so ironically because of the technology people thought would end it in the first place.
ritualsequence on
‘people love formula-driven stories’ ok but then you’re not talking about ‘literature’, you’re talking about very specific subtypes of genre fiction. Even a genre as ‘formulaic’ as romance has hugely successfully authors with devoted readerships who owe that success to their ability to break out of the building-block approach to writing – AI’s never going to replace those novelists or their readers so long as it has to rely on remixing and imitating what’s come before.
WhatIsASunAnyway on
Oh joy, clickbait s/
off_by_two on
LLMs can write technically good prose, but they have no real capability to judge their own narrative depth. I feel like there still has to be people in the loop to create compelling stories even if they dont type every single character themselves.
liza_lo on
I’m a novelist and I’m not worried about that.
I AM worried about people not buying books and/or not reading outside the big 5.
Support small presses people!
Cats-on-Jupiter on
Nah, AI isn’t good at writing and there’s a hard ceiling when it comes to AI due to how it “learns”. It would need to be sentient to replace writers and we’re nowhere near that.
astralkoi on
If their work is just to fill mass book shelves with cheap, quick best sellers and popular genres, selling stories as if they were fruit, well, yeah, AI can do it better.
GodlessCommieScum on
I guarantee that in five to ten years from now, there will be people calling you a snob or an elitist if you are dismissive of AI written fiction.
GlitterGodd3ss on
AI writing is so… I don’t even know how to describe it. Something is missing.
Redegar on
I think the main issue is that an *extremely large* slice of the public doesn’t care.
I still have hopes for books – as reading requires at least a moderate amount of time and dedication -, but in general, people will just watch/listen to/read *what’s available to them*.
Personally, as long as I will be able to detect even just covers made with AI, I will not buy the book.
But in general the feeling of dread that originates from not knowing whether you are experiencing something written/directed/crafted by a real author, or something regurgitated by an AI it’s there.
To an extent, I think that affirmed writers and publishers with a long history and a strong reputation are going to be safe havens for people that despise such way of “creating”. But I also think that we are a minority, and most people just don’t (or won’t) care.
For new and upcoming writers, is going to be harder than ever.
QuickDrawMcStraw on
Eh. Maybe, maybe not. I’ve noticed YouTube channels have started implementing disclaimers indicating something to the effect of “No AI was used in the making of this video.” It won’t be long before authors and publishers begin doing something similar. The market will decide.
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An author using AI will outperform just the AI 100% of the time. Unless actual superintelligent AI is invented, novelists have little to worry about.
No, most novelists do not think this.
I don’t think so. In fact, we’re already seeing a profound backlash against any “art” produced by AI. There will probably be some or even many commercially successful AI “artists” once younger generations become consumers that are used to AI content being in their lives. But the market for genuine, human art will never disappear. After all, many people thought reading would die out in the 2010s, and it’s back as strong as ever now thanks in part to booktok, so ironically because of the technology people thought would end it in the first place.
‘people love formula-driven stories’ ok but then you’re not talking about ‘literature’, you’re talking about very specific subtypes of genre fiction. Even a genre as ‘formulaic’ as romance has hugely successfully authors with devoted readerships who owe that success to their ability to break out of the building-block approach to writing – AI’s never going to replace those novelists or their readers so long as it has to rely on remixing and imitating what’s come before.
Oh joy, clickbait s/
LLMs can write technically good prose, but they have no real capability to judge their own narrative depth. I feel like there still has to be people in the loop to create compelling stories even if they dont type every single character themselves.
I’m a novelist and I’m not worried about that.
I AM worried about people not buying books and/or not reading outside the big 5.
Support small presses people!
Nah, AI isn’t good at writing and there’s a hard ceiling when it comes to AI due to how it “learns”. It would need to be sentient to replace writers and we’re nowhere near that.
If their work is just to fill mass book shelves with cheap, quick best sellers and popular genres, selling stories as if they were fruit, well, yeah, AI can do it better.
I guarantee that in five to ten years from now, there will be people calling you a snob or an elitist if you are dismissive of AI written fiction.
AI writing is so… I don’t even know how to describe it. Something is missing.
I think the main issue is that an *extremely large* slice of the public doesn’t care.
I still have hopes for books – as reading requires at least a moderate amount of time and dedication -, but in general, people will just watch/listen to/read *what’s available to them*.
Personally, as long as I will be able to detect even just covers made with AI, I will not buy the book.
But in general the feeling of dread that originates from not knowing whether you are experiencing something written/directed/crafted by a real author, or something regurgitated by an AI it’s there.
To an extent, I think that affirmed writers and publishers with a long history and a strong reputation are going to be safe havens for people that despise such way of “creating”. But I also think that we are a minority, and most people just don’t (or won’t) care.
For new and upcoming writers, is going to be harder than ever.
Eh. Maybe, maybe not. I’ve noticed YouTube channels have started implementing disclaimers indicating something to the effect of “No AI was used in the making of this video.” It won’t be long before authors and publishers begin doing something similar. The market will decide.
LOL which novelists