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Re:Clarkesworld AI Submissions Update by falcolas on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:08PM (#35279787)
Perhaps most authors wouldn't care, but identity validation would gut the concept of the pen name. And as beneficial as pen names are (allowing early women authors to publish books at all, providing an author an out if their name becomes too associated with one genre, protecting authors from fanatics), eliminating them in an attempt to prove whether a tool was used in a books creation is less than ideal.

And worse, I have my doubts that it would even work. See: counterfeiters on Amazon.

Re:Clarkesworld AI Submissions Update by jamesgill on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:36PM (#35280157)
That’s not how pen names work in publishing. Source: I’ve published books both under pen name and legal name.
Re:Clarkesworld AI Submissions Update by em-bee on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:13PM (#35279876)
identity validation would gut the concept of the pen name

as far as i understand clarkesworld submission rules, you may submit and be published under a pen name, but have to reveal your real identity to the magazine, which they will keep to themselves