The latest AI intrusion into publishing is Daggermouth, a novel self-published on Amazon that was recently picked up by Simon & Schuster. With its 60% positive rating on the AI detection software Pangram, it was almost certainly written with artificial intelligence. An expert on AI-language detection not affiliated with the study stated that it’s “almost statistically impossible” for an entirely human-written book to register as sixty percent AI. If all the suspect sentences were redacted, it would look like the Epstein files: “They collapsed together, a tangle of sweat-slicked limbs and racing hearts.” Even if this flagged sentence wasn’t written with AI, it would be eye-rolling. It’s hard enough for new, traditionally published authors to break through all the noise in today’s publishing landscape without having to compete with the thousands of novels written, at least in part, by artificial intelligence.” AI-generated ebooks, easily produceable at scale for self-publishing on Amazon, are cannibalizing the market for human-written texts. I hope more independent bookstores will leave this type of book (along with its creepy cover) on Amazon. |
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