Yes exactly this, Stephen King will always be Stephen King. You can get chatgpt to generate something like Stephen King, but people know about him and his brand/style so it feels like cheap imitation.
Everyone else? They won't get the ability to establish their brand/style (assuming chatgpt gets faster at updating with recent information/sources).
I can see us relying far more on centralized institutions (again). Only reading from certain publishing houses, writers focusing more on trying to get into a certain house vs content of their work.
> I can see us relying far more on centralized institutions (again).
Yes. In an age of abundant junk, curation of the gems can be a successful strategy.
That is a theme in one of Niel Stephensons novels. He predicted the rise of incoherent rage inducing algorithms for profit. Even implied it would work exceptionally well on right wing rural religious people from middle America. People with money and taste paid for a custom feed, curated by humans.
We can add this to a growing list, along with Google earth and second life.
Re:90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0
by throwaway049 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @02:49PM
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If the house has a quality criteria for entry, won't the writer have to focus on the content of their work in order to meet the criteria?
The barrier to entry to the role just got a lot lower, but the barrier to gaining enough experience to become a specialist just dramatically jumped up