Why are we vilifying using AI for fiction?
How dare you resort to AI to help you with your creative work? The purists will be after you. They will get you canceled.
I have seen it everywhere. Using AI for fiction is frowned upon—a dirty act, bordering on an illegal stunt. You are a writer. You are filled with creativity. How dare you resort to AI to help you with your creative work! The purists will be after you. They will get you canceled. The publishers will dump you. You are a sinner, through and through.
The use of AI in fiction is alleged to devalue human creativity and lead to lower-quality storytelling. From the Writers Guild of America striking for AI regulations to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association issuing statements of concern, the literary world is pushing back against AI's growing presence in fiction.
Even in publishing contracts, new clauses have been added that make writers vow not to use AI in fiction. While using AI for imagery is widely accepted, somehow using AI for creative text, especially fiction, is the mother of all sins.
So here is my spikey point of view: What's wrong with asking a writing assistant to loo…
