The short version

David Berkowitz predicted on September 8, 2023: “Now, it’s so easy that it feels worthless. And the bigger fear I have is that it will devalue the work that actual authors do. ... But the incentives align with doing more of this questionable behavior, not less.” Verdict: Still evolving. Within weeks, Amazon began requiring authors to disclose AI-generated content and…

Prediction by

David Berkowitz

On September 8, 2023

“Now, it’s so easy that it feels worthless. And the bigger fear I have is that it will devalue the work that actual authors do. ... But the incentives align with doing more of this questionable behavior, not less.”

Follow-up

Within weeks, Amazon began requiring authors to disclose AI-generated content and capped self-publishing at three titles a day after a flood of suspected AI-written books. AI-generated books keep coming, and how much they devalue human authors' work is still playing out.

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