Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
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Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#2It'd be interesting if they did like that college prof someone wrote about here, and published AI-written stories with obvious issues, then awarded for best fix / polish / response to editor feedback / requests for integration of specific domain knowledge / etc.
If writers are gonna AI, then make sure to also test their AI-wielding skill to a very high level and definitely dwell on areas that are tough for AI.
It seems also ideal if solutions in this kind of space could make the extrinsic reward-seeking process more open by default.
Like: OK--go ahead and use AI, but document your entire process using blockchain receipts, or something. Then let's see how a qualitative approach to that kind of situation can really make a work shine.
Thus you will be rewarded for what you created, and wow, you're an award-winning author--but also you're rewarded for publishing methods that improve the entire state of the art for everyone's benefit.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#3I'm surprised that they are only getting 500ish submissions. Seems like all you need to really jam up the review process is an unbound while().
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#4It shouldn't matter which tools were used to write a story, just whether it's a good story or not.
However, how would any publisher assess such a flood of submissions? Use AI to pre-classify stories as good/mediocre/bad?
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#5The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
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Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#7It shouldn't matter which tools were used to write a story, just whether it's a good story or not. However, how would any publisher assess such a flood of submissions? Use AI to pre-classify stories as good/mediocre/bad?
This is incorrect. The absurd extreme of what you are advocating is full automation at which point people do literally nothing but consume content.
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#8It'd be interesting if they did like that college prof someone wrote about here, and published AI-written stories with obvious issues, then awarded for best fix / polish / response to editor feedback / requests for integration of specific domain knowledge / etc. If writers are gonna AI, then make sure to also test their AI-wielding skill to a very high level and definitely dwell on areas that are tough for AI. It see…
this seems a little convoluted. if I was them I’d just introduce an AI-assisted category and see what “people” come up with
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#9It shouldn't matter which tools were used to write a story, just whether it's a good story or not. However, how would any publisher assess such a flood of submissions? Use AI to pre-classify stories as good/mediocre/bad?
If the AI stories where good enough they could just stop after finding a few good submissions, but they are all terrible.
Or as they say “While rejecting and banning these submissions has been simple, it’s growing at a rate that will necessitate changes.”
Re: Sci-fi mag pauses submissions amid flood of AI-generated short stories
#10The floodgates are now open for all the people who believe they have it in them to be great writers, if only it weren't for all of that tedious writing. As if the value in writing consists mainly in having an idea. This is much like people who believe that their great business idea is (by itself) worth millions.
Eh, I have my doubts that's actually what this is. Of course this is just a guess as we don't have the information.
See, per the article they are paying $.12 per word. Much like those spam sites that copy SO and put up ads on the site and get a few pennies per click, I'm guessing this is somewhat the same. Because there was a potential payout someone(s) realized you could bot farm this to make a few bucks.