I can see your point. And my initial reaction to the whole ML-as-writer thing was hands-up horror. Like everything, I think this new tech is going to impact in

I can see your point. And my initial reaction to the whole ML-as-writer thing was hands-up horror. Like everything, I think this new tech is going to impact in both good, and bad, ways. In my scenario, I expect there will be a lot of books written by ML algorithms, then published/sold to readers with inadequate (or no) additional author/editor input. My bet for the first fiction genre to take this approach is Romance Pulp - particularly Mills&Boon-style novels which have been written in line with a tight template for decades. And ML 'authors' in the literary fiction genre - it wouldn't surprise me if these already exist!