Your Vibes Are Not Evidence

I’ve been in some discussions lately about AI in writing, which is, at the moment, the hottest topic in publishing. Everyone has an opinion. I have one too. Mine is going to make some people on both sides a little mad, which I think means it’s probably about right. Here’s where I land. Using AI to write a novel and publishing it without telling anyone you did? That’s bad. Using AI to help you communicate — to draft an email, polish a query letter, summarize a contract you can’t decipher — is not bad. Disclosure is the line. Human input is the heartbeat. The middle is where I live, and I think it’s where most thoughtful people live too. But that’s not really what this post is about. This post is about how the discourse around AI detection has wandered into genuinely dangerous territory, and we should probably stop and look at where we are. The Shy Girl Mess If you missed it: a book called Shy Girl by Mia Ballard had its future publication pulled because people felt it was written by…