Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*’s review of Shadows of Eden > Likes and Comments

At least it looks like he's trying to do an original story. I base that solely on one of the "ask the author" questions, and it looks like he answered that himself. I'm not as adept at seeing AI speak as you are, so I could be wrong, but I didn't see any tell-tale signs in his answer. Looks like it lines up with the plot description of the book which definitely looks AIish. And his "author" bio reeks of AI too. I wonder if any of his bio is true, or if he just found those stories linked on his page and dropped them in the bookmaker? Still, I think we can give him one tic mark in the pro column for an original tale based on real events. It might even be worth reading if it were written by a real person sans AI assistance.

And I hate to tell you, but it looks like the two of you have one common interest in literature. Did you see the answer to his other question about what fictional world he'd go to? I could appreciate it even if that wouldn't be my answer, ha ha.

It's AI-assisted to tell a story that wasn't supposed to be told.

I wrote sections to set styles and initiate the story, and I am a tech guy, writing a hacker story. It would be weird not to use AI in my field.

The book certainly needs an editor (and perhaps an artist, although I like the cover), but it also covers
complex topics that need discussion.

David wrote: "I am a tech guy, writing a hacker story. It would be weird not to use AI in my field."

I'm a medical biologist, I don't spray-paint my fiction with real human blood.

In a medium that revolves around creativity and expression of what we humans go through, it's definitely weird to use AI, which by definition isn't capable of either.

Writers can tell stories that weren’t supposed to be told, too. There is no need to use AI to achieve this.

Jason wrote: "At least it looks like he's trying to do an original story. I base that solely on one of the "ask the author" questions, and it looks like he answered that himself. I'm not as adept at seeing AI sp..."

Agree, I believe the cited events are real (the [mostly paywalled] links are all there) and although his bio was at least partly written by AI (the middle paragraph in particular) it's factual. I think that makes using AI to tell the story worse in some way. Like, there is something important and useful to say, a worthy story, but then it gets buried in the intolerable ChatGPT claptrap style that makes it impossible to take seriously.

Nicky wrote: "I'm a medical biologist, I don't spray-paint my fiction with real human blood."

I would read that book!

David wrote: "It's AI-assisted to tell a story that wasn't supposed to be told.

I wrote sections to set styles and initiate the story, and I am a tech guy, writing a hacker story. It would be weird not to use AI in my field.

The book certainly needs an editor (and perhaps an artist, although I like the cover), but it also covers
complex topics that need discussion."

It seems like you're suggesting no "tech guy" is capable of communicating with their own words, or they're all just too lazy to do so since November 2022. Can no tech guy appreciate the importance and impact of literature or actual writing. Is the tech world simply ChatGPT talking to itself in circles at this point? A horrifying thought. Check out The Library at Mount Char. Scott Hawkins is a tech guy but somehow he managed to write an excellent book without generative AI.

And if you knew it needs an editor, why publish it? Why pay to force an unedited book into 100 people's Kindle libraries?

(Goodreads doesn't like when authors interact on a negative review, they've deleted such from my comments sections in the past, we'll see if this one sticks.)