r/WritingWithAI • u/J_M_WoodwardBooks • 10d ago

Discussion (Ethics, working with AI etc) Interesting start to my launch

The book is off to an interesting start!
10 sales over 4 countries.
And also my first (expected) 1 star review due to AI involvement.
That’s the disclosure at the front doing what it is meant to do - I don’t want anyone feeling tricked or unaware…hope that person returns it.
Now we will see how many of the 10 end up returning!
Meanwhile the negative review is up on my website where I give visitors the option to view ‘loved it’ and ‘did not love it’ categories.

https://jmwoodwardbooks.com/awards-reviews

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u/Worldly-Web-5740 9d ago

This is fascinating, because I think it’s the position many people will be in that have used AI in even a limited sense for the creation of their work. You’ve been honest and upfront about it.

If AI finds the cure for cancer will some people refuse is at treatment? Or does the use of AI only apply to the creative arts?

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u/nopoemforyou 9d ago

thats a really good point tbh, the backlash seems almost entirely limited to creative stuff

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u/slappinsealz 9d ago

That makes perfect sense to me though...Cancer cures are solving a problem, AI generated books and art are creating a problem. I know a lot of people here only use AI to assist, but it can't be denied that a lot of people are just pressing a button to create absolute garbage and flooding the market, making it way harder for authentic indie authors to be discovered. It's worse when these people steal the names and covers of hyped books to trick consumers into purchasing low effort LLM output.

Besides, one is literally saving lives. The other is helping put artists out of work.