Flood of AI-Generated Submissions ‘Final Straw’ for Small 22-Year-Old Publisher - eviltoast
“The problem with AI is the people who use AI. They don't respect the written word,” the founder of Bards and Sages said.

A small publisher for speculative fiction and roleplaying games is shuttering after 22 years, and the “final straw,” its founder said, is an influx of AI-generated submissions.

In a notice posted to the site, founder ​Julie Ann Dawson wrote that effective March 6, she was winding down operations to focus on her health and “day job” that’s separate from the press. “All of these issues impacted my decision. However, I also have to confess to what may have been the final straws. AI…and authors behaving badly,” she wrote.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m not following your argument fully but if you’re saying what I’m think you’re saying, you’re still not hitting the point.

    She’s also arguing about the garbage reviews that are blowing up her system.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      They completely missed the point, as if they didn’t even bother reading the summary. She literally says these people have always been around, it’s just that AI is making being an asshole easier.