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Is the problem that they don't want AI generated stories? Or that AI generated stories are increasing the costs of their curating?

A publishers entire value add is curation of content for their readers, and possibly increased exposure/recognition for writers. AI generated content has skewed their costs of providing their base service. They either need to find a way to make their curation/review cheaper, or pass on the costs to either the readers/writers.

If we find ourselves in a world with infinite mediocre content, we'll see the true value people place on content curation, in the amount that they can charge the consumer.

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Most out-of-the box AI stories perhaps are not worth publishing and a large flood of them would then be a ddos attack on the submission process.

Yes, the effect of the DDOS is the increase in cost to the review step in their curation process.

At the risk of stating the obvious: If costs go up, they really only have four ways to react:

* find a way to reduce those costs (e.g. automated detection, crowd moderation, allow everything through, allow only trusted authors through);

* absorb the costs (keep the same process, employ more people/spend more time);

* pass on the costs e.g. pay to submit, pay more for the publication;

* Close shop.

What I think will be most interesting to see play out is how much people are willing to pay for quality curation. If the rise of GPT and friends means infinite media, trusted curation become ever more valuable.

” trusted curation become ever more valuable.”

This might save tradtional media.

I think we should be embracing AI generated stories, but separate them from non-AI. Plus, what counts as AI? If I'm writing a story and use AI to help with parts is that an AI story?

The other thing is I think AI will raise the minimum bar for 'good' stores. Ok stories will be easily generated so that non-generated ok stories will find no market.

On one hand, I want to say that good story is a good story, it shouldn't matter how it was authored.

On the other hand, I think people should have the right to know the origin of the info. We do it with the food we consume, perhaps we should start doing it with information? "Guaranteed 78% human generated content", "single origin, certified human"...

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