“The problem with AI is the people who use AI. They don't respect the written word,” the founder of Bards and Sages said.

A small publisher for speculative fiction and roleplaying games is shuttering after 22 years, and the “final straw,” its founder said, is an influx of AI-generated submissions.

In a notice posted to the site, founder ​Julie Ann Dawson wrote that effective March 6, she was winding down operations to focus on her health and “day job” that’s separate from the press. “All of these issues impacted my decision. However, I also have to confess to what may have been the final straws. AI…and authors behaving badly,” she wrote.

  • @Nommer
    English
    9•2 months ago

    It’s this. I know I’ve become angrier, bitter, and even more misanthropic because of the uptick of people that have been massive pieces of shit since he took office. I think I developed a “fuck you” attitude as a self defence mechanism and I’ve lost all my empathy.