This kind of argument recently got used when people were pissed at that Outlier word game as "you idiots everything is AI-coded now" when the issue was that every piece of text, the entire nature of the game, the "personal" "about us" page, etc. was all slop, not just the code.

Micah@rincewind.run · 6h ago

"I will not touch anything with ai-generated code" is going to mean, in pretty short order, "I will not touch software" this is just functionally what software development is now and it's only going to accelerate from here

Just got followed by whatever this vibeslop garbage is supposed to be (slop website with entirely AI-generated "reviews" of recent books): bsky.app/profile/notesonbooks.net Make sure to block if you encounter, folks, and be wary of these kind of scammers! #booksky #writers #readers

From Francesca Bell's book, Bright Stain: bookshop.org/a/862/9781597098618 #poem #booksky #writing

From Francesca Bell's book, Bright Stain: bookshop.org/a/862/9781597098618 #poem #booksky #writing

Every line of this. Wow. From @dobbygibson.bsky.social's book, Hold Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781644453094 #poem #booksky #writing

Every line of this. Wow. From @dobbygibson.bsky.social's book, Hold Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781644453094 #poem #booksky #writing

Hey all—a reminder that pushing back against genAI encroachment in your communities (both physical and online) is worthwhile and vital. We read so much awful news on AI all the time that I wanted to share a couple specific positive stories!

1) Councilman Chi Osse's office sends a lovely weekly community update letter to his constituents (of which I am one). It includes, at the bottom, a big list of fliers/events from community orgs. I noticed a couple of months ago a lot of AI slop flyers in there.

I contacted his office. They are very against genAI, but at first there was a resistance to doing anything in terms of time and resources. The conversation evolved positively, though, and ultimately it has now been many newsletters in a row with zero slop.

(while still highlighting great community orgs but not ones that are stealing from the community. :) )

2) A small press that otherwise has a strong public anti-AI policy was publishing blatant AI marketing photos with fake images of their books/covers in like exotic woodsy settings. They too at first were hesitant ("but I can't possibly make the books look as pretty myself!"). But...

Ultimately, with that conversation drawing the attention of some of the authors involved who were also not happy to see those AI images used to promote their work, the press took down those photos and other past ones, and has for the last couple of months promoted lovely real photos of the books! :)

Hey all—a reminder that pushing back against genAI encroachment in your communities (both physical and online) is worthwhile and vital. We read so much awful news on AI all the time that I wanted to share a couple specific positive stories!

From Rita Dove's Collected Poems: bookshop.org/a/862/9780393354935 #poem #booksky #writing

From Rita Dove's Collected Poems: bookshop.org/a/862/9780393354935 #poem #booksky #writing

From Tracy K. Smith's book, Life on Mars: bookshop.org/a/862/9781555975845 #poem #booksky #writing

From Tracy K. Smith's book, Life on Mars: bookshop.org/a/862/9781555975845 #poem #booksky #writing

every publisher doing this shit should be giving 100% of the anthropic settlement money to their authors.

WIRED@wired.com · 3d ago

More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

For what it’s worth to all these publishers, but esp indies like Europa, we will not stock your books (translated or otherwise) knowingly created via AI.

Adam Morgan@adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 3d ago

For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

If I were a buyer at a bookstore (to be very clear, I'm not) I would not stock books translated by AI & I'd probably tell my sales rep that.

Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck@readingtheend.bsky.social · 3d ago

oh my God. this is all so fucking dystopian. this bit in particular really got me:

Very grateful to see these publishers getting named and shamed. If this stuff is going to happen, and we all know it is, I'd rather see it happen with bright shining klieg lights instead of in darkness and secrecy. We should know that it's happening, and act accordingly.

Adam Morgan@adamm0rgan.bsky.social · 3d ago

For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

My god that final line. From @webbish6.bsky.social's book, Flare Corona: bookshop.org/a/862/9781950774920 #poem #booksky #writing

Anyone who sells you a tool that promises to outsource the work of your relationships, or the loving tasks of connecting to our friends and family, is someone who is trying to rob you of your own humanity. For god's sake. Say no to this. Say no to all of it.

"A tear spilled free and dripped down her face. She never cried, never let anyone see her emotions." -- the number of times as an editor I encounter a line like this when it is approximately the tenth time said character has cried in the book is honestly kind of funny.

My god that final line. From @webbish6.bsky.social's book, Flare Corona: bookshop.org/a/862/9781950774920 #poem #booksky #writing

"A tear spilled free and dripped down her face. She never cried, never let anyone see her emotions." -- the number of times as an editor I encounter a line like this when it is approximately the tenth time said character has cried in the book is honestly kind of funny.

From Andrea Cohen's book, Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781945588686 #poem #booksky #writing

I’ve been thinking more on this one, and I think it really reflects a fundamental “anti-intelligent” nature of the beast that is important to examine. Obv first and foremost, for four years now watermarks/signatures on slop images have been blatant, powerful evidence of the mass theft/infringement

Matt Bors@mattbors.bsky.social · 6d ago

This shit sucks so much www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Nobel Laureate Anne Carson, with one of my all-time favorite opening lines and one of my all-time favorite closing lines.

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/