Amazon and Goodreads must take steps to combat the flood of AI-generated content that will mislead readers and damage author reputations.

tl;dr Books, most likely generated by an LLM, were being sold on Amazon under Jane Friedman’s name.  The same books were added to her Goodreads profile.  Amazon initially refused to remove the books.  If it’s happening to her, it’s definitely happening to other authors.

  • TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Wow, I had no idea this was a thing!

    With the flood of AI content now published at Amazon, sometimes attributed to authors in a misleading or fraudulent manner, how can anyone reasonably expect working authors to spend every week for the rest of their lives policing this? And if authors don’t police it, they will certainly hear about it, from readers concerned about these garbage books, and from readers who credulously bought this crap and have complaints. Or authors might not hear any thing at all, and lose a potential reader forever.

    I find this upsetting as a reader, I imagine these writers are absolutely horrified.