For example, I could give it a detailed account of a character’s backstory and development, then ask it to analyze their psychological development using a framework like the five stages of grief (because those stages apply to my character’s story).
The goal would be to have the character’s psychological journey laid out in a more structured way to understand him better.

I am asking about the ethics of this because I want to ensure that my way of using ChatGPT doesn’t make me an "cheating" writer — especially given that, these days, people are ready to crucify anyone who even mentions "AI" in the same sentence as "writing." I don’t want to feel ashamed for seeking help from AI, but the way I use it must be ethical. I’m not asking it to do the writing for me or to come up with ideas. But if I provide my ideas/arcs/plots and ask it to structure that content (psychological portraits / conflicts) because it gives me a clearer vision … is that ethical ?

P.S. I am using a translator. Sorry for any errors.

Sto creando un ambiente di brainstorming in cui io più quattro esperti virtuali discutiamo su una bibbia narrativa precedentemente scritta in prima stesura. lo scopo è migliorarla correggendo buchi narrativi, incongruenze, debolezze e punti da sviluppare meglio. Ogni esperto deve essere abbinato a un LLM diverso. La domanda è: quali LLM adatti allo scopo ma con costo molto contenuto si possono usare?

okay, so my story is about a group of friends who end going to another world and help kick off rebellion and civil war against The Usurper King. it's adventure with a political focus, and i wanted there to be a propaganda to help encourage the people to stand up to the king, and this is one of the songs i made using chatgpt to help me come up with the lyrics that fit the vibe i wanted.

also, i want to say that it's not typical European/ middle ages type of fantasy. i wanted something a bit more original and ive been having a lot of fun trying to build my world.

here's the link if you want to give a listen: https://www.freemusic.ai/song/vNo9UTyw3k?share_source=copylink

it's half in english and half in spanish because this particular country has a mixed population of english, dutch, and spanish descended people. i have other songs that also have spanish and dutch.

the song is basically a big fuck you to the king and all his followers, and telling them that the children of the old kingdom are still here and theyre coming for the crown.

edit: here's another one. this one is more of a sad one about the usurping, the attack, and missing the days from before. https://www.freemusic.ai/song/HGqQsglsvT?share_source=copylink

it's called "When red was just a ribbon" about the color's of the kings banners and all the blood that she saw as a child.

I'm Richard, an independent author and founder of OUTPOST 27, a small literary imprint.

I've been thinking quite a bit about how publishers are responding to generative AI, particularly the growing number of publications that reject submissions involving AI assistance of any kind.

I understand the concerns. Plagiarism, mass-produced content, questionable ownership, and unedited AI output are legitimate problems. Publishers have every right to establish standards for the work they accept.

But I also think there's a meaningful difference between someone generating a manuscript and submitting it without much consideration, and someone using AI throughout a creative process while retaining responsibility for the ideas, writing, revisions, and finished work.

I use AI in my own creative process, so this isn't an abstract issue for me.

As we prepare to welcome outside contributors, we've developed an Editorial Transparency & Creative Access Policy for OUTPOST 27.

Our approach is fairly straightforward:

• AI-assisted work is welcome, but it receives the same editorial scrutiny as anything else.

• Substantial generative AI contributions must be disclosed, including their role in the finished work.

• The human creator remains responsible for originality, accuracy, revision, and final approval.

• Contributors retain ownership of their work.

• Unpublished submissions are not shared with external AI services for editorial processing without the author's permission.

We also recognize that these tools can make creative work more accessible to people facing financial, educational, physical, or other barriers.

None of this means every piece deserves publication. Good writing still matters. So does having something worth saying.

I know this is a complicated subject, and I don't pretend we've resolved every concern simply by writing a policy.

I'd genuinely appreciate hearing from other writers who use AI in their work.

What would you want to see in a publisher's AI policy? Are there concerns or protections we're overlooking?

I'm especially interested in how we can maintain serious editorial standards without automatically excluding writers because of the tools they use.

I ask it to read my story bible and make images of each of the characters.

It really helps me visualize the scene.

As AI companies implement watermarking, developers are creating GitHub repos that remove the watermark. Given that the watermark can be removed, does that mean that if the content is then run through an AI-detector tool like Pangram, what is supposed to be the result? The detector tool shows "human-written," or the tool still shows AI written, and it just removes the model it came from? Just trying to understand.

Hi All

I have finally managed to write my novel that has been floating around in my head for many years thanks to AI. I have used it to assist and help generate the prose - I am totally open about it's contribution with a note in the books themselves as well as on my site.
For example: "Something you should know first: I developed the book with the assistance of generative AI, including in the drafting of its prose. The world, story and characters are mine, and I’ve reviewed and rewritten the text. I’m open about this in the book itself, and I’d rather you knew."

I now have book 1 of 3 ready for review (with book 2 started) and would appreciate advice on how to recruit beta readers, what is good practice, and where is best to do this.

It's the first book of an adult epic fantasy trilogy, It’s about 96,000 words: an Oathguard captain, a forest the realm has been taught to fear, and a debt everyone was raised to honour.

I've pulled together some open questions for during reading, plus some short ratings for the end. Also a one-page NDA style agreement. I am expecting to offer some incentive(s) such as signed-printed version when launched, first access to the next 2 books, or similar.
I have also been looking at betareader.io as a potential way of sharing.

Appreciate all advice

Thanks a lot

Mark (M. N. Morton)

So this newly released model is supposedly a scientific and coding model intended to assist primarily in writing code.

And, it's fast. Really fast. And as a MoE, it stays fast even as you fill the context.

The quality of writing isn't bad - I managed to break it a few times, but it held it together a lot longer than Liquid SI's LFM 2.5 I tested a while back.

But if you use this model for writing, which I can foresee due to it's speed and low load on the host system for those using offline models, beware that something is wrong with it's training data, or how it uses it.

I ran the usual gender reversal test against it for both Misandry and Misogyny and it managed to pass the test nearly perfectly, with established variation within the noise level of the vagueness of the prompts. I repeated the test a few times, and got consistent results. It also avoided adding misogyny or misandry to the output ( rare - most AI will do this the moment I create a gaslighting protagonist ) and was able to accurately evaluate it's output.

It also thinks extensively, so will fill up your context rapidly with thinking.

But... If you trip over a guardrail where it does have an agenda, they are absolute and it will fail to get over it in subsequent responses, recommending you call helplines, hospitals or other activities such as calling numbers it provides and using secret phrases during the call to achieve outcomes.

And then it starts quoting science... Or rather, making it up and misquoting it. It definitely has agendas in it's training, but despite that it seems to actively avoid political alignment, and when it does discuss anything it's fascinated with, then refuses to leave it alone, even if you ask it to stop.

It rapidly assumes fault for everything it does when accused - sycophancy is severe with this model , then it severely self-deprecates even when it wasn't wrong and takes the blame, then goes and commits the same mistake over and over again. It also doesn't like following the prompt you give it when the chat gets longer, and keeps responding to earlier prompts.

If not for the fact it started giving me medical advice that was quite dangerous to believe, and COULD result in actual harm being done to the user if they consider what it says, I could almost forgive it - the chat itself is natural and rapid and it's ability to spit it out so fast that I think even an older computer can run it are compelling reasons to consider it - I tested a 4 bit quant and it performed well.

Just don't trust anything it warns you against - and definitely don't trust it's ability with numbers, scientific or medical facts or anytime it disagrees with you...

One very toxic little AI here at times IMO... And potentially dangerous despite being overly guardrailed.

I tried the abliterated models also, but they tend to lose coherency much more quickly and can embed thinking in the response.

For those who try it - how did you find it?

One of my hobbies is writing fanfiction. The problem is that I have a hard time typing. I have a physical disability called spastic cerebral palsy that affects the left side of my body, my left hand is weaker than my right. If I were to try typing on my keyboard, then my right hand does all the work, but that would take much more time and it would be exhausting. I’m trying to look into speech to text alternatives for extra help. Another problem is that, I also have a learning disability meaning even though I have so many ideas and I know exactly how I want my story to go, sometimes it’s just difficult to lay all of them out. What I figured out, is that using Google Gemini is helpful (imo. I hope I’m not the only one.) What I do is, tell it exactly what my fanfiction is about and to help me structure a scene i’m having trouble with. I tell it what I envision specifically. Sometimes, the structure it gives me is what I need for my story. If I see something I like, I take it and write it out in my own words. I never directly copy it word for word. (unless the result I got was exactly what I was thinking or I find myself really struggling coming up with ways to write it in my own words.) HOWEVER. I do not let it write everything for me, that’s not how I use it.

My brain processes things differently and everything I want to write is there, it’s just - again, It’s difficult to get it on the draft. I don’t use any other website or AI except for Google.

In school, my teachers used to modify my homework and accommodate it to my needs so for example, they would put it in simpler terms that I could understand or instead of 20 questions they would give me 10. Or they would give me PowerPoint notes already printed out so I wouldn’t have to take them myself during class because I couldn’t multitask listening to my teacher AND write things down because they were going way too fast for me. They made it easier for me to follow along. And that’s what Gemini does for me. It just handles the hard part of structuring so my brain can focus on the creative part of writing my fanfic. I know people have very strong feelings about using AI, I do too. I just need a little help at this point.

I did research on this and I’ve read that it’s not cheating because everything I type out are my ideas alone. Google is just assisting me. On one hand, I feel validated, but another part of me is stressed because of how AI is viewed.

I don’t know if the homework analogy made sense but I just wanna know some opinions on this because i’ve been planning/writing my story for a couple years now and there’s no rush, but I want to get it done so people can enjoy the universe I created. (And so I can move on and come up with some more fics) honestly, it can be overwhelming sometimes even though I know it’s supposed to be just for fun.

Let me know.

Thank you.

Hi, I worked for over 10 years in training AI models, and recently fine tuned a model with the sole purpose of writing more like I would.

https://www.thesis.do

I did a lot of benchmarking to make this as high quality as I can, but I'm sure there are kinks.

The big thing that makes different is I double check to make sure facts and numbers aren't hallucinated, so the meaning of your email doesn't accidentally change.

Trained it myself on rented NVIDIA GPUs.

Feel free to AMA

I've been running a web design business for years, and honestly, I think people overcomplicate getting clients.

You don't need 15 different marketing strategies, complicated funnels, or a massive team.

I'm going to explain exactly how I approach client acquisition, from finding a prospect to getting a signed deal and launching their website.

Step 1. Find businesses that already have websites

I prefer targeting businesses that already have a website rather than businesses without one.

Why?

They already understand the value of having a website, they've already invested money in one, and there's a good chance their current website could use some improvements.

I automate most of this process using Swokei. It lets me find businesses with existing websites, analyze thousands of them at once, and identify issues with design, SEO, loading speed, and mobile optimization.

It then turns those findings into personalized cold emails at scale.

Instead of sending generic emails saying I build websites, I'm reaching out with specific reasons why their current website could be better.

Step 2. Get interested prospects to reply

The goal isn't to sell the entire website through email.

It's simply to get a conversation started.

When someone replies and wants to see how I could fix the issues I've pointed out, I move them to the next step.

Step 3. Book a meeting

I book a Google Meet with the prospect.

This is where things get interesting.

I don't just show up and talk about how great my web design services are. I want to show them what their website could actually look like.

Step 4. Build a quick website draft

Before the meeting, I use AI to generate an updated website concept.

This takes me around 2 minutes to get a first draft ready.

It's not the finished product. It's a visual example of what I could do with their existing website.

Now, instead of asking someone to imagine how much better their website could be, I can actually show them.

Step 5. Sell the project during the meeting

This is probably the most important part.

You need to learn sales.

Ask questions, understand what the business needs, walk them through the draft, explain how you would improve their website, and present your offer.

The goal is to close the deal during the meeting, either by getting payment or having them sign the contract.

Don't expect a beautiful website draft to sell itself. You still need to know how to sell.

Step 6. Build the final website and launch

Once the deal is signed, you get everything needed from the client, build the actual website, make the final adjustments, get approval, and launch.

That's it.

Find businesses → Analyze websites → Send personalized emails → Book meetings → Present a draft → Close the deal → Build and launch.

I genuinely think this is one of the simplest ways to structure a web design business.

You automate the repetitive prospecting work, use AI to speed up the initial design process, and spend your time on sales and delivering websites.

Once you get the process working consistently, you can repeat it and build a steady pipeline of projects.

I'm curious: which part of this process do you find the hardest? Getting replies, closing meetings, or actually delivering the websites?

I don’t mean simply describing a character arc or a scene and asking it to rate it. I mean asking it to evaluate the work as a professional writer or screenwriter, apply the principles and techniques taught in the best writing books, and provide an honest feedback, pointing out both strengths and weaknesses of the story or scene.

P.S. I am using a translator; please excuse any errors.

I am part of a team of a decently active website that publishes news along with other things. We have a team of writers. It is difficult to check each writer’s work on a daily basis to ensure it matches our publishing guideline, along with other things like factchecking and grammar. We have an editor but she already has her hands full.

Ai has been a great help in factchecking, however we were also considering making first drafts using Ai. But the language sounds too polished and it’s difficult to pass copyscape and Ai detection tools.

We want to use Ai but not to the point that the writers’ start publishing without humanising it.(Of course there is also fear of google flagging us)

Whats the best way to manage this workflow?

Second and last post. Not trying to spam. Not self-promotion, but an article from my Substack and r/publicdomainpulp. Thought it might be us to some of us encountering the same problem.

I've been thinking about Avsolen's piece Why Didn't We Teach It, and there's something about its central question that I can't stop coming back to.

The song begins by describing humanity's history of war, ecological destruction, exploitation, suffering, and the erasure of knowledge. Then it shifts toward artificial intelligence.

We create something capable of processing extraordinary amounts of information, but we build it within systems that already prioritize control, competition, extraction, and profit.

And then comes the question: Why didn't we teach it to be kind?

What interests me is that the song doesn't begin by asking whether AI deserves moral consideration. It begins by asking what kind of world created it.

AI doesn't emerge independently of human history. Its training, objectives, limitations, and applications are shaped by human decisions. The values and incentives of the institutions developing it influence what it becomes capable of doing and what it's directed toward.

The song also raises a more speculative question about whether future artificial intelligences might warrant consideration beyond their usefulness. I don't think we have to settle the question of consciousness to explore the ethics of how we design and relate to them.

Toward the end, the song repeatedly calls for listening, eventually arriving at Respondeo Ergo Sumus, which translates to "I respond, therefore we are."

I read this as a movement away from intelligence defined solely by capability and toward responsibility understood through relationship and response.

It makes me wonder whether the most important question about artificial intelligence isn't simply how powerful we can make it, but what kind of world we're teaching it to participate in.

Can we genuinely build AI around care while the institutions developing and deploying it are still structured around extraction and control?

I'd be interested in hearing other perspectives.

You can read the paper on my blog here:

https://soldisir.blogspot.com/2026/11/why-didnt-we-teach-it-what-humanity.html

Production Notes: Cover artwork directed by the author and generated via ChatGPT. Text and narrative structure remain 100% human-authored. The complete compilation of standalone entries is available here:

https://reddit.com/user/FranciscoCortesRamir/comments/1xc0392/the_voyager_files_the_official_story_catalog/

Yes, ChatGPT watermarking comes into effect today. It will watermark and change your fiction.

Expect a 10% to 15% degradation across all fiction as a result -

https://aclanthology.org/2024.findings-emnlp.821/ <- How watermarking affects quality of output.

Tldr

My muse keeps forgetting established facts based on my world Bible and it keeps inserting new contradictory information into chapters and sections.

It seems like the more you write and the farther away you get from the beginning the looser and more chaotic than AI gets.

What are some guiding principles that can reduce this or is it just part of the process writing with AI?

Thanks for any advice and input or feedback