Been thinking a lot about fiction-writing AI software. Been thinking about how people want to be writers but don't ever put a word down because they're scared of getting it wrong or doing it badly. Been thinking about how using bots to create the parts of a story you struggle with will stop you from learning that skill and will make you a fundamentally worse writer. Been thinking about how some writing communities get mean with new writers on wobbly baby horse writing legs who call unpolished or unpracticed work "cringe" or "bad" or "not worth salvaging" and don't give feedback in good faith. Been thinking about how people aren't allowed to be bad at things anymore. Been thinking A Lot about how writing communities are a large part--not the only part or biggest part, but still--of what's driving these new or wannabe writers to the AI platforms so they can avoid being shamed when they share their work.
Anyway. Be nice to each other. One way to push back against AI fiction and AI stories is to foster kind and encouraging writing communities where we all help each other up vs. tearing someone down so you feel taller. Don't let the bots win.