Authors worried about being out of work - ChatGPT has written at least 200 books for Amazon Kindle Store

The artificial intelligence ChatGPT is listed as the author or co-author of at least 200 books available on the Kindle Store. It is reported by Reuters news agency.

Here's What We Know

Amazon's policy does not require authors to indicate whether they have used artificial intelligence in writing their books. Because of this, the actual number of products that ChatGPT has been involved in creating could be much higher.

Brett Schickler, a New York State salesman, says he has seen people make careers for themselves using neural networks. He has published a children's book on the Kindle Store called The Wise Little Squirrel: A Tale of Saving and Investing.

The 30-page story and its illustrations were created by artificial intelligence. The digital version of the book costs $3, while the print version costs $10. Schickler has spent hours on the book, but so far has made about $100.

There are other works in the Kindle shop that have been created with the help of artificial intelligence. These include the children's story The Power of Homework, the poetry collection Echoes of the Universe and the sci-fi epic about an interstellar brothel, Galactic Pimp: Vol. 1.

Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild, believes that using neural networks to write books is something authors should be wary of. She suggests that books created by artificial intelligence will flood the market and leave writers out of work.

In parallel, Clarkesworld Magazine has received numerous articles whose authors are suspected of using AI without reporting it. Editor Neil Clarke reports that he noticed "some obvious patterns" in the texts. Clarkesworld pays authors $0.12 per word. In February, the publication blocked more than 500 users for submitting content created using neural networks.

Source: Reuters