Writers Versus Robots!

THIS BLOG has been fairly inactive of late, due to computer glitches.

However, we’re back on it briefly to announce an important issue– a petition aimed to raise awareness of what ChatGPT and other AI devices will soon do and in fact are doing to the worlds of literature and publishing.

Too many books and writers to compete with now? Prepare for a coming deluge, as more “bot books” are produced within days by those-who-aren’t-necessarily-writers but still want books with their name on them. Or, for that matter, opportunistic real writers producing a dozen genre novels a year now, who’ll realize they’ll be able to increase that by a factor of ten, or more (120+ a year) and thereby increase their income.

Many of us, needless to say, write for other reasons– such as the pursuit of art and the expression of soul.

Anyway, the petition– which has a modest ask: that AI-generated books be labeled as to that fact. Clarity for readers. Protection for writers. Who could possibly object?

Please read and sign:
https://www.change.org/SavetheWriter

Thanks much!