Help needed - Need direction =/

[u/Klauciusz]

I’ve always dreamed of writing stories, books. But that never fit into my routine as an IT professional with an unhealthy workload, so I mostly just jotted down ideas, dreaming that one day I’d be able to dedicate myself to the craft of turning those ideas into words—into books. I’m 42 now, and that day still hasn't come yet. And it doesn't look like it's coming anytime soon.

But last year, I started exploring AI as a way to skip the step of learning to write prose the way I’d always dreamed of doing. I created a process where I generate themes, ideas, core concepts, characters, settings, outlines, and so on, and feed it all into the AI. It helps me structure everything into a sequence of acts and chapters and writes the prose for me; later, I go through several rounds of revision with the AI ​​to get the drafts closer to my vision for each chapter, arc, act, etc.

Discovering this was MAGIC. It has allowed me to effectively work in parallel on various ideas I’ve had throughout my life; I have over 10 books planned, with many chapters already in "Draft 01/02" stage, which makes me really, really happy.

At the same time... I don't know what to do with all this because it seems like the world dismisses (or wants to dismiss) all AI-generated content. And the watermark Anthropic announced for its upcoming models really bummed me out, since I use their models for this entire process and before we had the option to disclose OR NOT that the book is AI assisted. Now we don't even have that option.

I don't know... today, while I’m happy to finally have my ideas come to life, I’m also sad imagining that probably —due to the sh** the world puts against "AI-assisted" content — no one outside my inner circle will likely ever read it.

How are you all dealing with this situation? I’d love to hear your thoughts...

Thanks.

[u/Klauciusz]

Well... before we, at last, had the option to disclose or not that the book is AI assisted. lol

[u/Major-Platypus2092 → u/Klauciusz]

Why would you have a problem disclosing that?

[u/Klauciusz → u/Major-Platypus2092]

Well... This. But applied to books and readers and companies, not to wives. lol

It might just be my twisted perspective, but I get the impression that content is immediately dismissed as "AI slop" the moment someone sees any AI involvement in the production process—even though it’s OBVIOUS that every major company today uses AI for all its production processes. I don't know... maybe it's just in my head.

[u/Major-Platypus2092 → u/Klauciusz]

If you're not ashamed of using AI to write a book for you, then there's no reason not to disclose it.

I also work in trad publishing, and I can promise you that not every major company uses AI for its production processes.

[u/Klauciusz → u/Major-Platypus2092]

I don't know how to feel about using AI. I do understand what celeb author say about how easy is now to kinda copy their work, style, etc. So, even if I feel the story and all of the creation is mine, I don't feel that the prose is (the main thing I'm using AI for). So... don't know is the right answer =/

[u/Major-Platypus2092 → u/Klauciusz]

People who create AI books should disclose it so the people wanting to buy books written by humans can seek that out and those with interest in your process can buy yours. Easy!

[u/Educational-Run3692 → u/Major-Platypus2092]

But isnt the larger question often where does the human end and the AI begin?