John Scalzi

scalzi.com

18 October 2026 08:38

One, I live in a county that went 81% for Trump, if I'm going to have such political discussions it will be with neighbors face-to-face and not with some random Russian bot on X, two, I'm not on social media to dialogue with Russian bots, I'm here to enjoy myself and hang with cool people

Manisha Krishnan

manishakrishnan.bsky.social

18 October 2026 08:37

Literary agents are also concerned that publishers might paste manuscripts into LLMs to generate rejection letters and publicity descriptions. Some are now adding protections to prevent that. More on the AI turmoil at some of the Big 5 publishing houses here: www.wired.com/story/book-p...

Ryan Estrada

ryanestrada.com

18 October 2026 08:08

A ban will not help you sell books. I know you've heard a story that contradicts that. That's not how the world works anymore. Books get banned by the hundreds now, and even the book banners submitting the lists don't know everything on it. If your book is banned YOU probably won't even know.

Nick Harkaway

nickharkaway.com

14 October 2026 20:33

Or that "Publishers who deploy infringing models will be challenged in the courts by the union on the basis that any work thus created is 'fruit of the poison tree'" Which is basically the kind of thing I think people were hoping for from their union.

Nick Harkaway

nickharkaway.com

14 October 2026 20:32

This is from the preamble (probably should have had a slide of its own, really): "we in no way dismiss or disagree with serious concerns arising from its creation or application, including but not limited to the largescale [sic] use of creative work without transparency, permission or payment".