The Rat Writes

Okay, so lets say you have just generated a 90k word sci-fi novel with AI. And you, being the bastard you are, decide to sell this writing somewhere. Doesn't matter where; Amazon KDP, any self-respecting publishing house, your grandma. Anywhere.

Now of course, it would be ethical to label your writing as generated by an AI. But, you see, we are at a crossroads. If you label it as such, people who don't like AI obviously won't want to read it. People who are neutral on AI might pick it up, but there are hundreds of thousands of AI generated novels, and it's really a small minority that would see it and also be willing to buy it. However, people who DO support the usage of AI to create art ALSO won't buy it. Because they can, of course, just generate their own 90k word sci-fi novel, this time with the exact themes, story, twists and fetishes that they want. There is virtually no market for AI generated works that label themselves as such.

So the only hope for you, at this point, is to lie, and say its human written. Of course, no one would do that, right?

I lurk on AI subreddits, especially r/writingwithai, semi-frequently to torture myself laugh at them, and very common advice given to new users is to lie about how you generated your novel.

No matter which way you slice it, it is incredibly unethical to AI generate a piece of work, and then go and lie about how you created it. I know this is common knowledge, but it really speaks to just how vile AI is, isn't it? I mean, the foundation of AI is mass-stealing other peoples works without their consent, and throwing it into a machine for it to poorly regurgitate it out en-masse. And now we have people picking up that sludge, saying that they made it, and are trying to sell it for money.

Writing (and other forms of art) isn't viewed as art by pro-ai people, it is viewed as a product to sell. The actual content of the novel doesn't matter, the story isn't important, they just need a product that isn't complete dogwater to sell online for jack shit. The more you can churn out, the better, so quality doesn't really matter anyway.

Slightly off topic, I see people on that subreddit I mentioned earlier say that it is so difficult and time consuming to make an AI generated novel. And I just have to ask; why don't you just spend that time and energy actually writing a novel? Cut out the middleman, y'know? Actually spend time and craft something you can really call your own. The ethics scream in your face that it's wrong, real writers hate you, what you generate is surface level slop that no one cares about and no one will read unless you lie about it. I don't even see the point of using AI, it simplifies a complex process that spits out a simplified response.

Honestly, I don't really know where I'm going at this. Most of the industry is fine overlooking environmental concerns, stealing other peoples works, and lying about how they are made. This really isn't anything new; I guess I'm just disappointed seeing so many people use it for everything and be okay with blatantly lying. I really enjoy writing, and it's sad seeing people sell themselves out to AI because its easier than traditional writing.