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Reader feels cheated by AI-generated fiction, especially when authorial voice is expected

A reader expressed that they look for the author's presence in works of fiction and would feel cheated if they discovered an AI generated the work. The intensity of their disappointment would depend on the amount of AI input. They also noted that for formulaic genres like romance or airport novels, AI generation would not matter. As a writer, they would avoid AI due to self-respect, viewing their writing as a personal expression. AI

RANK_REASON User opinion on AI-generated fiction, not a verifiable event or release.

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Reader feels cheated by AI-generated fiction, especially when authorial voice is expected

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ HobbyHero Personnaly, as a reader, I look for the author in works of fiction. If I like what I think I see of the author in the writing, I’ll likely read all

    @ HobbyHero Personnaly, as a reader, I look for the author in works of fiction. If I like what I think I see of the author in the writing, I’ll likely read all of their books and I expect to see similar traces of the authors in all of them. No doubt # LLM -based # GenAISlop can p…