"I was told," said the princess, "that the point of fairy tales is not to tell children dragons exist, but that they can be killed." "Oh, absolutely!" said the dragon. "You agree?" "These rich, selfish, powerful, cruel beings that need killing, did you think they're literally dragons, princess?"

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I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

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I’m not at your level, but no publisher has ever balked at that clause going in mine either.

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They can’t make money on AI books. They can make a lot of money on Scalzi books. That clause is in all my new contracts too, and while they don’t make as much on me, it’s still way more than the zero they currently make on AI books.

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This Ramaswamy ad with Amy Acton's mother tells me his campaign is so cooked he's resorting to just about anything to save it Feels like a decent sign the polls might not be too wrong

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