Understanding Generative AI in Writing ✍️

Hi. Today we're going to talk a bit about generative AI's rise in writing and publishing.

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As mentioned in the video, the following wonderful channels have each made videos about this topic as well that are worth watching:
@alyssa.and.the.bookss @KrisMF @CodyTheWriter @briellewrites

This video was also informed by the following podcasts, articles, and studies:

No Write Way podcast: https://www.veschwab.com/podcast
HarperCollins AI training article: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/harpercollins-signs-contract-with-tech-company-to-use-limited-number-of-titles-to-train-ai
The hidden environmental cost of using AI chatbots: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/18/energy-ai-use-electricity-water-data-centers/
MIT's study on generative AI's environmental impact: https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117
What is generative AI and how does it work?: https://careercatalyst.asu.edu/newsroom/career/what-is-generative-ai-and-how-does-it-work/
AI prompts left in fantasy novels: https://www.fastcompany.com/91341390/ai-prompts-left-in-published-books-authors-respond-to-controversy
Generative AI's impact on indie publishing: https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/publishing/generative-ai-is-turning-publishing-into-a-swamp-of-slop
Authors petitioning publishers: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5449166/authors-publishers-ai-letter
ChatGPT's cognitive impact: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
Audible's AI expansion: https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers

✨ timestamps:
0:00 - opening
5:48 - part one: what is generative ai?
15:54 - part two: why ai?
30:39 - part three: the future of generative ai in writing and publishing

✨ my published writing:
MOTHSBLOOD (adult fantasy) via Bloomsbury USA // Del Rey UK - coming fall 2026
"The Fall of Esther Park" via Apparition Lit: https://apparitionlit.com/the-fall-of-esther-park/
"Eulogy for a Muse" via The Icarus Writing Collective: https://www.icaruswritingcollective.com/the-moon
"We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now" via Grist: Imagine 2200: https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-we-cast-our-eyes-to-the-unknowable-now/

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