It’s partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.

I also highly recommend Dan Olson’s documentary that gets a shout-out in the article, although - at the time the documentary was made - AI had not been a big factor in the grift yet.

  • lady_scarecrow (she/her)English
    6•7 months ago

    Online publishing is in a sad state indeed. On one hand, it’s never been easier to publish a book, but on the other hand, your carefully-written book has to compete with a sea of low-quality stuff before it even gets seen – and AI-generated text only made the problem worse. I’m glad I decided not to make a living off of my writing, but I’m not glad I’m saying that.

    • @mctoasterson@reddthat.com
      1•7 months ago

      And that garbage gets served as ads to the ad-sponsored lockscreens of certain Kindle readers. You can tell they’re shit tier AI-generated books by the titles alone. They sound like Isekai anime.

      Its shit like “Circus Poems of the Universe: please enjoy our poetry - Bedtime stories for Children and Adults”.