> money should always flow from publishers to writers, never the other way around. An interesting workaround is to still require money (or effort) to be spent

> money should always flow from publishers to writers, never the other way around. An interesting workaround is to still require money (or effort) to be spent by authors, but not have it go to the publishers. Only require that the publishers can get some proof that money has been spent. This way, the flood of AI junk submissions is halted, and writers can still be assured that publishers still have no incentive to solicit submissions in order to get money.