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pinkstarburst

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7. AI is drowning out all the writing spaces

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 11:32 AM

22 hrs ago

It's incredibly disheartening for real authors who write their books (or fics) with their own brains because the AI slop slingers are throwing slop up at an alarming speed and on Amazon (and other places) it's at the top of the charts simply because of the way the algorithm rewards fast publishing.

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