A Publisher Pulled a Book for Suspected A.I. Use.

"The thing that ultimately convinced me that A.I. had had a hand in the text I was reading was a feeling: the sense, quite literally, of a lack of a person behind the words."

https://slate.com/culture/2026/03/shy-girl-mia-ballard-novel-a-i-book-horror-reddit-hachette-canceled

#Writing #AI #LLM #Publishers

@solarbranka "Lack of a person behind the words" - well put.

As I mentioned in this little #newsletter essay: https://wrenwrites.substack.com/p/imperfect-but-quirky-or-how-ai-slop, I think that focusing on developing a unique writing style, own voice, is the best course of action in the #AISlop packed future.

I will never be robo-perfect.

But I will learn to express myself in such a way that the me-ness will jump out of the page ;)

Imperfect but quirky, or how AI slop cured my perfectionist tendencies

AI art is not welcome with open arms. It is seen as a proof that the AI-user misunderstands the purpose of art in the first place. But are the imperfections in the craft the last sign of our humanity?

Wren Writes

@robin_wren

Agreed. LLM text is very well polished, but bland.

I keep my imperfections in my prose.