- cross-posted to:
- techtakes@awful.systems
- cross-posted to:
- techtakes@awful.systems
A small publisher for speculative fiction and roleplaying games is shuttering after 22 years, and the “final straw,” its founder said, is an influx of AI-generated submissions.
In a notice posted to the site, founder Julie Ann Dawson wrote that effective March 6, she was winding down operations to focus on her health and “day job” that’s separate from the press. “All of these issues impacted my decision. However, I also have to confess to what may have been the final straws. AI…and authors behaving badly,” she wrote.
curl -sL https://www.lemmy/activitypub/v3.5turbo/c/technology/ | sed "s/AI/${("photoshop" "looms" "digital art"):[[$RANDOM % 3]]} | i-am-very-smart