ChrisKayAuthor

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[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@jakonrath Serious question I had been meaning to ask you, when/how did you find out your novels were used to train LLM's? What's the recourse?

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

Here we go! 😆

[Marcus Pittman @ImKingGinger]

Every creative person I know that has embraced AI as a tool for their art has produced more content this month than all of last year.

A true creative individual sees AI and feels completely empowered. They feel like the entire world has opened up to them.

But a lot of self professed creative people, who have been grifting as creatives for decades, are about to be exposed as frauds who and pretenders who only know how to work within the politics of the current system.

They will sit down before the greatest tool for creativity the world has ever known and not have a single idea how to use it or what story to tell.

Pay attention to what is happening and who rejects the gift, and who embraces it.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

AI just takes the joy out of everything it seems

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@rolandbouman @justfredimelda Sometimes text-based covers are more effective 👍

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

Agreed. As you stated, outsourcing creativity is problematic.
My issue is with many of the responses suggesting that the author would only do it for nefarious reasons and proceeded down rabbit holes on why people like that are horrible and talentless without acknowledging there may be other reasons for taking advantage of AI as a tool.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@MD_Morris @justfredimelda They literally are judging books by their covers without explaining themselves.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@redherringdraws @justfredimelda Agreed, but without all the facts, judging is based solely on assumptions.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@lastlineshow @dancerswhirl @justfredimelda No shortage of authors with great stories but not the financial means to commission an artist.

I like to think that most people aren't nefarious.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

"Could" is the operative word here. The fact is you won't know for sure. The cover art could be AI generated, but how do you know? The author could have commissioned an artist, how do you know they didn't? That artist could have used AI, or maybe that artist is so talented that their work is assumed to be AI-generated, how do you know?

Regarding the woman generating 200+ books using AI, yeah, I wouldn't pay for that garbage either.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

It is very nuanced. That's the problem. To what degree a writer/artist can use AI (because lets not fool ourselves - if you're writing on a computer, your using some form of AI) as a tool in their work that would be acceptable will never been wholly agreed on.

For the record, I don't support creative writing or art via "prompts".

But to look at a book cover, assume its AI (yes, some will be glaringly obvious), and move along without ever really knowing is silly.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@eroestanca @justfredimelda It would be great if it were that simple.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@neejeeha @justfredimelda That's not being lazy with your cover art, that would be just really poor marketing and promotion.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@dancerswhirl @justfredimelda Which would require you to actually read it, but by your own admission you wouldn't because you've already judged the cover. Sad that you'll miss a lot of good stories.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@KrakeJames *not 😜

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

Better 👍 but I think the black spine is going to look very generic when the book is closed and sitting on someone's shelf. Personally, I would flip the back (life) background and combined the two images into one so the spine will have at least some background depth to it. Also, I think "Silver" needs to much bigger. Just my thoughts.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@FrancoisLalague Freebooter Goon Squad X🔥

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

*Moot

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

Dumbest thing I read this week on X...

"A bad book review is better than no review."

Lets assumes it's a brand new book with a single 1-2 star review, I might read why, but most likely I'm scrolling on. It sucks, but we all do it.

If I'm scrolling and a book catches my eye, I'm most likely not going to realize it has no reviews at all and click on it, admire the cover, read the synopsis, etc., If the blurb tickles my fancy I'll purchase it - certainly if it has an audiobook version, in which case I'll pay full price because I know the author deserves it regardless if I liked it in the end or not.

Bad reviews mixed with good reviews make it a mute point.

Is it an algo-thing? Even a bad review elevates the book listing?

Thoughts?

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@babyTV_feed Yes, Moot. Did you think I typed Mute? 😜

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@StepenL3141 Oh, and "...grizzly murders..." Is mentioned twice.

[ChrisKayAuthor @ChrisKayAuthor]

@StepenL3141 I like it. Check your description on the back. There's a line that reads "... led him (in) put..." I know it should be "to" but it looks weird