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"A short story titled “The Last Hope” first hit Sheila Williams’ desk in early
January. Williams, the editor of
Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, reviewed
the story and passed on it.
At first, she didn’t think much of it; she reads and responds to writers daily
as part of her job, receiving anywhere from 700 to 750 stories a month. But
when another story, also titled “The Last Hope,” came in a couple weeks later
by a writer with a different name, Williams became suspicious. By the time yet
another “The Last Hope” came a few days later, Williams knew immediately she
had a problem on her hands.
“That’s like the tip of the iceberg,” Williams says.
Since that first submission, Williams has received more than 20 short stories
all titled “The Last Hope,” each coming from different author names and email
addresses. Williams believes they were all generated using artificial
intelligence tools, along with hundreds of other similar submissions that have
been overwhelming small publishers in recent months.
Asimov’s received around 900 stories for consideration in January and is on
track to get 1,000 this month. Williams says nearly all of the increase can be
attributed to pieces that appear to be AI-generated, and she’s read so many
that she can now often tell from the first few words whether something might
not be written by a human."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
