An author should be a writer
I'm thinking that most self-published authors would agree with this statement, though I noted on Amazon KDP recently that they now ask if AI has been used to produce any part of the book? I was proud to reply with a NO and I honestly can't understand why anyone would do differently. Surely satisfaction levels are reduced if this option is used? We are unlikely to become best-sellers in such a competitive market, so we need to, at least, hang on to our sense of achievement, don't we?
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Perhaps it is important at this juncture to mention a problem when it comes to copyright.
If you work with a Ghost Writer you can enter into a written contract whereby the Ghost writing signs over all rights to you to claim authorship over the book. That's simple.
However, if an author uses AI they cannot claim copyright (under current British law, at least) over writing produced by an AI since the AI is not possible to give those rights to the "Author." After all AIs might be darned good programs, but they don't have power of attorney. Yet.
The problem is poses is when giving the declaration to KDP that you own all the rights to the work, technically that is not entirely true. And if we bear in mind the world is only just trying to find its footing with AI, it's worth bearing in mind. I am personally not worried about AI and writing, but that's because I don't use it to write. But I do know some artists who use it openly and it works well for them. If you'd like a giggle, I posted my own blog "Why I'm Not Worried About Ai" a while ago. Have a read, see what you think!