Aeryn Christie

You'll NEVER BELIEVE what she SAID NEXT (click to the comments for more information)

Oh, and FYI The reason I withdrew Shadecursed from all consideration wasn't because I was failing. It was because I didn't want to run the risk of my publisher feeding my work into GenAI. I will not tradpub until this AI shit is fixed.

They must know it's too late. You shouldn't be faced with outrage to do the right thing. Authors should understand that this org will do what IT thinks is right, rather than what its MEMBERS think is right. I don't know. I am angry and I think a WRITING society should already know AI is bad.

Most of all, I want to instill this knowledge: There is no ethical AI. You can't build a dataset on your own data. It needs BILLIONS of examples to function. And it's take-take-taking things even when it says it's not. Look at those math proofs it ripped off.

They must know it's too late. You shouldn't be faced with outrage to do the right thing. Authors should understand that this org will do what IT thinks is right, rather than what its MEMBERS think is right. I don't know. I am angry and I think a WRITING society should already know AI is bad.

If they made this blunder THIS FAR into the AI era, they aren't paying attention, or they don't care. Neither are good. An org that supports authors should have its fingers on the pulse of ethics and knowledge, especially around something so controversial.

"New America" is so funny because while the other ones are completely fuck-stupid, at least they make geographical sense. Not that anyone should use the new names. But "New America?" This is America. We are in America. There is no old America. This is it. This is the first case of America.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

In fact, authors would be the biggest conquest in this slopshow, since every novel is at least 100K. What a victory that is for any company that manages to grab an author! The only inevitabilities are culture shifts that happen naturally. No one could stop the internet. But no one wanted to.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

Because I know where I stand. So does every other author who values real human creativity. We don't need to be part of a trade organization who needs to define the use cases for artificial intelligence. We need an organization who will say "enough is enough" and refuse to be part of it.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

But by what? The AI bubble is bursting. The CEOs who drove the propagation of this technology can no longer explain away the loss of revenue. Something is about to give. The lack of thought that went into this decision confuses me.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

Arguably, the "Society of Authors" is supposed to represent authors, and take a stand based on what its members want. I have never met an actual author who wants AI incorporated into anything, which means this body is refusing to represent its members.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

Those disappointed looks, the shouts of dismay, the shame levied at bad decision-making... That's why Republican candidates don't have town halls as much anymore. When they have to face the people they're fucking up, it's no longer fun. The guilt seeps in.

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.

The most common argument I hear against not boycotting something--an argument that nearly EVERYONE makes--is that other people are going to use The Thing, so why shouldn't they? What if, instead, everyone who said that just didn't use The Thing?

No one takes a stand anymore. I think I need to talk about that for a minute. Everyone is so afraid of missing out on SOMETHING that they stand for NOTHING. This boils down to "everyone is using AI now, so we must adapt." But this is circular reasoning.