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• @authoroux @authoroux on x

  “'The idea of writing a book finally seemed possible,'” said Schickler, a salesman in Rochester, New York. “I thought ‘I can do this.’” YOU. DID. NOT. DO. ANYTHING. GEEEEET FUUUUUUCKED. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @_elizabethmay @_elizabethmay on x

  Here is the article. Just the sheer number of people going to throw thousands of shitty AI books out there like spaghetti at a wall, further straining an already burned-out industry, is giving me a headache. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @fed_speak @fed_speak on x

  I hate it here. “There is even a new sub-genre on Amazon: Books about using ChatGPT, written entirely by ChatGPT.” https://www.reuters.com/...

• @heatherkelly Heather Kelly on x

  I may or may not have Kindle Unlimited, but can say that ChatGPT books like “Galactic Pimp” will be indistinguishable from other offerings. (Gem from @GregBensinger) https://www.reuters.com/...

• @stephennellis Stephen Nellis on x

  Hundreds of books co-authored by ChatGPT are already piling into Amazon's self-publishing arm - and that's just the authors that disclose it. Read @GregBensinger on how titles like “Galactic Pimp: Vol. 1” are being generated in less than a day - https://www.reuters.com/...

• @paleofuture Matt Novak on x

  The ones that list ChatGPT as the author don't worry me. It's the authors who start using it without disclosure that'll be a problem. https://twitter.com/...

• @gregbensinger @gregbensinger on x

  That e-book you bought on Amazon may have been written entirely by ChatGPT https://www.reuters.com/...

• @sheila_dang Sheila Dang on x

  Come for the reporting about the boom of AI-written ebooks on Amazon, stay for the descriptions of some of the plots like “Galactic Pimp: Vol. 1” https://www.reuters.com/... by @GregBensinger

• @gsterling Greg Sterling on x

  World of human creativity is changing forever— for better and worse. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @clarkesworld @clarkesworld on x

  Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why.

• @clarkesworld @clarkesworld on x

  6. Our guidelines already state that we don't want “AI” written or assisted works. They don't care. A checkbox on a form won't stop them. They just lie.

• @jody_houser Jody Houser on x

  Thread. Basically, AI-generated stories have clogged submissions to the point where they had to close them. And this seems to be a growing problem. https://twitter.com/...

• @imrankhan Imran Khan on x

  Ironically this could, itself, be a sci-fi short story. Sci-fi short story publisher closes submissions due to overwhelming influx of ChatGPT/AI-generated stories: https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @skionar @skionar on x

  “But I never turned up that day at the woodland glade. Because I am, in fact, a computer... ' The Guardian: Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @clarkesworld @clarkesworld on x

  It's no longer possible for me to keep up with the responses to this tweet and the others. Want to put a few things out there:

• @clarkesworld @clarkesworld on x

  1. We aren't closing the magazine. Closing submissions means that we aren't considering stories from authors at this time. We will reopen, but have not set a date.

• @antd Antony Dapiran on x

  The solution of course is to also use AI to vet the submissions. So we will end up with machines writing literature for other machines. https://twitter.com/...

• @bansama @bansama on x

  As someone who's trying to get published, this is a real concern. How do I prove I wrote my body of work if AI generated stuff is becoming so hard to identify to the point it can overwhelm and/or put publishers out of business? Thread: https://twitter.com/...

• @buildsoil @buildsoil on x

  i'll keep saying it. AI is the information equivalent of a megafire or an atombomb. The production of quality information is the most fundamental part of a society. Ignight it into noise and nothing will hold. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @toniwindsor Alice James on x

  This is weird; horrible + weird at the same time! And it makes me mad because the people at Clarkesworld are all thoroughly decent incredibly hard working folk... Sci-fi publisher deluged by AI-generated stories https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @clarkesworld @clarkesworld on x

  3. Various third-party tools for identity confirmation are more expensive than magazines can afford and tend to have regional holes. Adopting them would be the same as banning entire countries.

• @pcmag @pcmag on x

  Clarkesworld speculates that people are using AI to make ‘a quick buck’ since the sci-fi publication pays 12 cents a word for accepted stories. https://www.pcmag.com/...

• @thelincoln Lincoln Michel on x

  I think Clarkesworld is just the first. We're going to see ChatGPT stories clogging up every magazine and publisher soon. It doesn't matter if “AI” writing programs ever get good. They can still ruin things while being bad. https://twitter.com/...