Yes. All we can do is try to do what we do best. The publishers require us writers to swear not to use AI, but the Indies do it all the time. Other than Grammerly I don't touch the stuff. For forecasting or writing. But I'm retired and don't need to make a living on either. As I said, I fell for the young ones trying to compete with AI for their livelihood.
Sometimes it's good to be older. My heart goes out to the 20-and 30-somethings.
It feels like a crazy time. Did you see this NYT story? How much do you think people are using AI to write mysteries? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/business/ai-claude-romance-books.html
Yes. All we can do is try to do what we do best. The publishers require us writers to swear not to use AI, but the Indies do it all the time. Other than Grammerly I don't touch the stuff. For forecasting or writing. But I'm retired and don't need to make a living on either. As I said, I fell for the young ones trying to compete with AI for their livelihood.