Writing.Com General Discussion

Will writing lead to the end of story-telling, and the traditional oral stories?

Will mass-produced books lead to the end of literature?

Will the pulp books lead to the end of higher end publishers?

Will movies lead to the end of reading?

Will TV lead to the end of reading?

Will computers lead to the end of books?

No.

Because books have something that AI cannot fake - emotion and uniqueness and human expression. While AI may get better (although with the amount of lawsuits pending, it could be a while), the fact that AI does a lousy job - heck, we've had AI grammar help for years and it still gets it wrong a lot! - gives me hope for traditional authors.

But I do think that we, as writers, need to be aware of the threat AI could pose, and we need to make sure we write as much as we can as well as we can to ensure AI is not seen as a viable alternative...

Having said all that, I am fearful that AI, being the thieving system it is, could make people in the industtry very wary.