Hello readers! It’s time for Let’s Talk Bookish. And, I love this topic. The post I made last week about my Bookish Opinions was going to include this topic, but I saw it was a LTB topic and waited to talk about it.
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originated by Eternity Books and is currently hosted by Book Nook Bits. The accompanying thumbnail was also designed by Book Nook Bits. Each Friday, bloggers craft posts where they engage in discussions centered around the designated topic for the week.
Prompts: From books being used to train AI systems without author knowledge to AI-generated books on Amazon, the book world has been full of AI-related news. Have you heard about these situations? What do think about the use of AI when it comes to creative writing and books?
AI is infiltrating books in all the wrong ways. Everything from the books being written by AI, to covers being made by AI, and even audiobook narrators being replaced by AI voices. I don’t like this one bit.
HarperCollins actually struck a deal this last month with an AI company to narrate audiobooks in non-English languages. I feel like this is the death of good audiobooks.
AI voices just don’t sound as good as a real one. Think of all the AI voices on YouTube who pronounce a lot of words wrong and have no breath between words. Sure, they sound similar to real people, but not fully.
It also feels like HarperCollins is saying non-English books aren’t worth the money or time to put in the effort of hiring real people reading the books.
I’ve also seen these commercials lately saying you can make a ton of money with AI books on Amazon, which is crazy. If there is one thing AI shouldn’t be doing for us it’s art.
There are plenty of authors out there, traditionally published and indie, who are fully willing to write books with their brain. Why do we need AI books?
The same can be said for AI art. Quite a few authors have received backlash for using AI art, specifically indie ones. I think they do it because they can’t afford to pay an artist, but I still don’t like that they do.
Bloomsbury actually admitted that this UK cover of House of Earth and Blood is AI generated. Why would they need to do this? Bloomsbury is a smaller publisher, but I know they absolutely can afford to pay for cover art.
I get that AI is useful and can help so many people. Heck, I love to use it for homeschooling. I use AI to rewrite history articles for schooling. I also used AI for a while to rewrite summaries of books on Goodreads to this blog until they wanted me to pay for it.
But, there is no reason for it to take over creative jobs or the jobs of narrators. AI should make our lives easier, not take away our creativity.
What do you think about AI taking over publishing?
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