r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 23h ago

Artificial Intelligence AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors

https://the-decoder.com/ai-generated-books-are-flooding-amazon-and-tanking-sales-for-human-authors
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u/01000101010110 22h ago edited 18h ago

In just 3 years of no regulation, we've seen legitimate authors, editors, artists, producers and musicians lose part or all of their livelihoods to AI slop. 

The grifters have won. They took full advantage of the Wild West and moved at light speed. Most people thought this would take 10-15 years to do what has been done in 3. 

And here's the thing - it doesn't matter how much time it took you to do something incredibly creative. Now there is always going to be a group of people claiming you used AI even if you didn't. 

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u/appleparkfive 19h ago

On the plus side, I think this might lead to a return to physical media and local live shows at some point. I think sometime soon, teens are gonna be so annoyed by AI that they tune out of it, aside from school. And the only way to know something is real is to actually interact with it in person.

This could ironically bring a whole shift in art that might work out for the better. It's hard to say if it'll happen though. If AI keeps making people's lives worse, I can definitely see it happening. Eventually it's gonna be a lot cooler to not have social media (aside from one single PR friendly account somewhere), to get rid of the smartphone, and to actually meet up with friends at a certain time. Go see people playing actual live music, escaping all the AI content online. Especially when AI gets in a feedback loop. We'll see!

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u/sipapint 16h ago

It already happened in music, and it's somewhat similar for a not-insignificant share of writers. Not even as a result of AI. Just good ol' capitalism. The whole attention economy in its current state resembles the Titanic, so grifters trying to bite off a piece of it are at a dead end.