cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1311057/people-prefer-stories-written-by-ai-especially-when-told-theyre-written-by-a-human
People gave the highest ratings to stories generated by AI that they were told had been written by a human, and were unable to tell the difference between human- and AI-created stories, according to new research published by Cambridge University Press.
The #1 thing I can think of is plagiarism.
AI stories are quite literally unoriginal works generated from original mediums and it’s harmful to all authors worldwide.
AI-giarism is still plagiarism.
https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive/plagiarism-copyright-and-ai
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/ai-companies-buying-used-books-for-data/688167/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096751625000806