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Copernican's avatar

I agree that AI systems are going to break the modern publishing environment. I also think that 'human-made' productions are going to be valued more highly IF THEY'RE GOOD. There are a lot of trash writers out there who have been employed for far too long. What we're seeing is almost a return to pre-industrial creation, where those who create have to do so for its own sake rather than to make a buck... which often has led to greater creations built over longer periods.

The real risk of AI is not that it replaces human creators, but rather that it replaces human desires. I think it will have a significant and potentially catastrophic effect on human nature. I'm not worried that it will replace the heights of human ability; I am worried that it'll replace the desire of average people to ever look upwards.

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Reynagus's avatar

AI will not devalue writing the same way photography did not devalue painting. What it will devalue are the many authors that only want to follow trends, that see their books as a checklist of tropes and clichés. So, the boring ones.

What I'm really worried about though, is what imact, if any, AI can have in the marketplace: Can we expect readers to move through piles of AI slop to find authors that aren't big names? Maybe this will bring back collections and anthologies, small names curated by big ones.

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