I think keen readers will find great comfort in human stories (especially prr 2022 fiction). I find myself marvelling at the skill and beauty of it already.

I fear that in a few years, literary prose will become as alien as Shakespearean English to most slop consumers.

Oh, and yes, I have written many a rant about the disgustingly nebulous and flacid term 'content'.

TotallyHumanWriter

Content is such a shit term. I'm glad you dislike it.

While the age of AI and slop is pretty miserable, I find that it hasn't changed the time I spend reading stories. I don't read as many as when I was younger, but I always have a novel or something I'm reading. And thus far, I don't believe I have enjoyed an AI generates story.

So it seems that we will still need people to write stories.

But for me, writing is how I think. The byproduct is something that other people can read. But it is not necessarily the reason I write.

the_stacker_muse

Why I write

Content is such a shit term. I'm glad you dislike it. 

While the age of AI and slop is pretty miserable, I find that it hasn't changed the time I spend reading stories. I don't read as many as when I was younger, but I always have a novel or something I'm reading. And thus far, I don't believe I have enjoyed an AI generates story. 

So it seems that we will still need people to write stories. 

But for me, writing is how I think. The byproduct is something that other people can read. But it is not necessarily the reason I write.