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genAI fanfic discourse is happening again, and i have something to add related to the “why don’t they just tag their slop?” question:
it depends on why the person started using AI in the first place (and sometimes to what degree)
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type 1 genAI fic poster: unabashed grifters
the goal is deceit, likely to convert readers to some sort of paid service (comms, patreon, novels they’ve “authored”, etc.), and tagging their slop would undermine their goal
thus, they don’t label it appropriately
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type 2 genAI fic poster: unskilled idea-havers
the goal is social validation, so they use LLMs as “a tool” to flesh out the ideas they lack the skill to write
many of them have duped themselves into thinking they are writers + that LLMs are an assistive tool like spell-check
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type 2s who don’t tag their AI-gen’d fics do so bc they either know it would reduce their reach (and thus “rob” them of praise from their peers) or bc they “don’t want ppl to get the wrong idea” about their work (since the…