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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 17: Should modern writers worry about proving their work is not generated by an LLM?

Yes.

I am published by Tor and Orbit currently (and have been published by other major Big Five imprints in the past).

EVERY SINGLE ONE of my book contracts contains a warranty clause to the effect that it is entirely my own original work, except for cited and referenced quotations (agreed by the publisher).

Use of an LLM would put me in breach of contract and liable for damages.

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Fazal Majid
@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross presumably using tools like Grammarly for editing purposes would still be allowed.

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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@fazalmajid Sure. The issue is plagiarism, not using tools to make your writing clearer. (Not that I use grammar checkers: they're designed for school essays and corporate memos, not creative writing.)

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Kay
@sable@meow.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@cstross How does that work if one of the characters in your book would throw out say a Terry Pratchett quote.

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