>Ghostwriting - by humans - has a long tradition, she said, but the ability to automate through AI could turn book writing from a craft into a commodity. I thi

>Ghostwriting - by humans - has a long tradition, she said, but the ability to automate through AI could turn book writing from a craft into a commodity. I think writing has already become a commodity. Go on Fiverr and you'll find people offering to write on any topic, fiction and non, for fractions of a cent/word. The biggest reason I can see someone using ChatGPT to generate a children's book vs paying someone overseas to do it is about $10. Words are cheap, astonishingly cheap, what's not cheap is reputation and credibility. I don't see a big reason for authors to worry, yet.