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Came across this interesting video and thought the colony would be interested.

Having an interest in this field myself, I reckon that they'll never be able to fully detect and weed out AI content technically. There's a couple of likely scenarios. Publishers will get legal, asking authors for an indemnifying affidavit stating that the work is all their own (similar to...

It seems to be particular to niche sub-genres in digital publishing. With fast fiction, just like fast food, I suppose you get what you pay for, and expect!

Apologies if this is already posted somewhere, and for being off the forum for a while, but I was wondering what people in the colony think about the future of A.I. (artificial intelligence) assisted writing. I've always considered AI to be a bit of a misnomer. These type of systems are mostly...

This may interest some Litopians. Kickstarter are holding an on-line conference about the Future of Publishing. More information here: https://www.kickstarter.com/conferences?ref=section-homepage-promo-the-next-page-creating-the-future-of-publishing

We have a duty to know what they - especially the powerful - do. Decisions about kvetching or regulation (whichever your personal taste) come after, but cannot even happen in the absence of knowing. Is it self-defeating for society to hold the powerful to responsibility? It is also, I would...

I came across this interesting discussion about Amazon's stifling of competition, discovery, and possible threat to freedom of expression. The relevant bit is at 11:45. She quotes some interesting research (but doesn't give the reference) that says you are 3 times less likely to come across a...

As a side project in my free time (!), I'm actually working on an editing service that connects writers and editors - you know, real humans! I remember when Grammarly started out they used Amazon's Mechanical Turk to have people edit the content. Their business model changed to instant editing...

Hi Greg ... and welcome, from Ireland!

Even less so tomorrow's zeitgeist!

It's been on the cards for some time that self-publishing would find acceptance in the "mainstream" publishing world, with many commercial publishers looking for ways that they could profit from this new innovation of the digital era that can't really be ignored. What I find more interesting is...

This comes back to another reason why people avoid Apple - proprietary & expensive hardware. Let's not even get into the ethics of how they manufacture them!

Thanks everyone for chipping-in. I was definitely wrong on the Mac assumption!

Android - I hadn't thought of that one. I suppose I was thinking of Desktop systems. Do you actually compose on a tablet? I've made notes on phone/tablet now and then, but always find the keyboard too awkward for substantial writing.

I'm curious. I always had it in mind that anyone involved in writing or publishing tends to use a Mac. Perhaps it's just those stereotype creatives I see writing in trendy coffee shops, downing a macchiato, that always seem to be behind a glowing white apple. Is that the case, or am I totally...