![]() ![]() When asked for comment by Reuters, Amazon did not address whether it had plans to change or review its Kindle store policies around authors’ use of AI or other automated writing tools. Many authors, like White, feel no duty to disclose in the Kindle store that their great American novel was written wholesale by a computer, in part because Amazon’s policies do not require it. In the video, White says anyone with the wherewithal and time could create 300 such books a year, all using AI. The book can be had for just $1 on Amazon’s Kindle e-book store. 1” about alien factions in a far-off galaxy warring over a human-staffed brothel. One author, who goes by Frank White, showed in a YouTube video how in less than a day he created a 119-page novella called “Galactic Pimp: Vol. “There needs to be transparency from the authors and the platforms about how these books are created or you’re going to end up with a lot of low-quality books,” she said. Ghostwriting – by humans – has a long tradition, she said, but the ability to automate through AI could turn book writing from a craft into a commodity. “This is something we really need to be worried about, these books will flood the market and a lot of authors are going to be out of work,” said Mary Rasenberger, executive director of writers’ group the Authors Guild. ![]() Subjects include get-rich-quick schemes, dieting advice, software coding tips and recipes. On YouTube, TikTok and Reddit hundreds of tutorials have spring up, demonstrating how to make a book in just a few hours. Illustrated children’s books are a favorite for such first-time authors. Now ChatGPT appears ready to upend the staid book industry as would-be novelists and self-help gurus looking to make a quick buck are turning to the software to help create bot-made e-books and publish them through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing arm. An experiment with AI by CNET resulted in multiple corrections and apparent plagiarism before the tech news site suspended its use. Microsoft, for one, received fawning coverage this month over its otherwise moribund Bing search engine after demonstrating an integration with ChatGPT.īut already there are concerns over authenticity, because ChatGPT learns how to write by scanning millions of pages of existing text. The rapid consumer adoption of ChatGPT has spurred frenzied activity in tech circles as investors pour money into AI-focused startups and given technology firms new purpose amid the gloom of massive layoffs. There is even a new sub-genre on Amazon: Books about using ChatGPT, written entirely by ChatGPT.īut due to the nature of ChatGPT and many authors’ failure to disclose they have used it, it is nearly impossible to get a full accounting of how many e-books may be written by AI. There were over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle store as of mid-February listing ChatGPT as an author or co-author, including How to Write and Create Content Using ChatGPT, The Power of Homework and poetry collection Echoes of the Universe. Schickler is on the leading edge of a movement testing the promise and limitations of ChatGPT, which debuted in November and has sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and beyond for its uncanny ability to create cogent blocks of text instantly. “I could see people making a whole career out of this,” said Schickler, who used prompts on ChatGPT like “write a story about a dad teaching his son about financial literacy.” ![]() While that may not sound like much, it is enough to inspire him to compose other books using the software. The Wise Little Squirrel: A Tale of Saving and Investing, available in the Amazon Kindle store for $2.99 – or $9.99 for a printed version – has netted Schickler less than $100, he said. Sammy becomes the wealthiest squirrel in the forest, the envy of his friends and “the forest started prospering,” according to the book. ![]()
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