In case you missed it, we made this essay public this morning. It truly did mark an inflection point, leading to the mess we're in now. It's notable that the biggest thing I'm seeing from fic writers in response to the past few days is "I might be done."
As AI-generated sites with millions of scraped AO3 works (at least one of which is charging $) popped up this weekend, @elizabethminkel.bsky.social's late 2024 piece on an inflection point for "fic as endless content" feels more relevant than ever. Unlocked now—read or listen to an audio version: