the whole thing "AI does all the work," is a myth and a lie here's why

tigerqueen334

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As long as you don't try calling yourself a writer or author, use all the AI you want. Just don't try to claim the work solely as your own, because it isn't. Just the idea was.

You are a prompter and maybe an editor at best.
you really think so? I never thought of that before but what if I was the one who actually thought of the story idea? the characters? world building? plot? that created it all? I haven't thought of that, yet I use AI as a tool to help me if I see a mistake I don't like or don't like what I see I could just replace the paragraph with my voice and handwriting
 

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I know it belongs to Rick Riordan I must have accidentally said it wrong this story I'm writing is my fanfic of Percy Jackson I do not own Percy Jackson at all



You do you.

Don't ever change.

You @Magnificent_Bastard.
 

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you really think so? I never thought of that before but what if I was the one who actually thought of the story idea? the characters? world building? plot? that created it all? I haven't thought of that, yet I use AI as a tool to help me if I see a mistake I don't like or don't like what I see I could just replace the paragraph with my voice and handwriting

You feed the AI a prompt, and it generates a story from it. Even if you go in and change half the words afterwards to make it more human, you still didn't write it; you edited it.

Creative writing is YOU, a human, doing the work to tell the story how you want it told. Asking AI to build a story off an idea isn't writing, and you have ceded the credit of your story to a robot.
 

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What is the point of this thread...? Just do whatever you want? The majority of readers are not going to care :blob_hmm:
Another person trying to appeal to the masses about AI... at least this one was gracious enough to say theirs was the co-author.

BTW, love that cover in your sig. I'm not usually into overly large breasts, but this one is pretty cute.
 

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it is okay take your time if you want I'm here and if you have any thoughts on this subject let me know I need advise, ideas, or even your feedback on what I do I will never replace AI with my storytelling it is easy now that I think of it if you do it for a long time I have been working with Nexus for some time roughly a year I do want to personally reveal other stories in the future if you like to. I got plenty stories to work on but I got a quick trade if I have over 100 reads and 50 votes for the prologue of my story than I will keep working on it. do you think its a fair trade?

Set aside the readers, authors, and whatever attention, also the validation. What are you getting out of this? Specifically, are you enjoying the process? Do you like writing? Or do you have fun playing with the AI? What are your gains here?
 

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you really think so? I never thought of that before but what if I was the one who actually thought of the story idea? the characters? world building? plot? that created it all? I haven't thought of that, yet I use AI as a tool to help me if I see a mistake I don't like or don't like what I see I could just replace the paragraph with my voice and handwriting
Yes. If you look at the screenshot I posted, you can clearly see how much effort goes into AI-written "stories." Was Snogglefart Dooberdick my idea? Yeah. Did I write any of the actual content? No.

Even if I edited the paragraph it spat out instead of copy-pasting it, that doesn't make me any more of an author. I didn't write anything. I just edited it. Having a "back and forth" with the AI doesn't improve or change anything either. Prompting "Okay, but change it to be less superfluous and more concise." is not actual writing nor does it require any brainpower or effort.
Set aside the readers, authors, and whatever attention, also the validation. What are you getting out of this? Specifically, are you enjoying the process? Do you like writing? Or do you have fun playing with the AI? What are your gains here?
When AI Dungeon first came out in 2019, I played around with it quite a bit and I thought it was pretty neat. This is probably the same thing.
 

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I will give OP credit; she isn't hiding the fact that she uses AI, as her initial post on SH states as such. And doesn't appear to be just trying to generate a quick buck with AI slop, as there is no PayPal or some other please donate to me link on their web novels page.
Stop looking at it, you gooner...?
:blob_hmm_two:

A smut author calling another smut author a gooner... seems legit
 

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I will give OP credit; she isn't hiding the fact that she uses AI, as her initial post on SH states as such. And doesn't appear to be just trying to generate a quick buck with AI slop, as there is no PayPal or some other please donate to me link on their web novels page.

:blob_hmm_two:

A smut author calling another smut author a gooner... seems legit
What smut :blob_hmm: Only legitness here:sweating_profusely:
 

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When it comes to my storytelling, every idea I create begins with me. The characters, the plots, the settings, the emotional arcs — they come from my imagination. AI is a tool I use to help refine those ideas or work through writer’s block, but it does not replace my creativity. It does not invent my passion, my themes, or my long-term vision. I do.

If I create an original character like Benjamin Theodore Wolf, that character exists because I thought of him. His personality, backstory, struggles, and growth are my work. AI might help me explore scenes or polish dialogue, but the foundation is mine. The same goes for any original worlds or plots I develop — they start in my head.

There’s a common myth that “AI does all the work.” That simply isn’t true in my case. AI does not sit down and decide what story I want to tell. It does not choose my themes or emotional direction. I guide the process. I make the creative decisions. I approve, reject, or rewrite what doesn’t fit my vision. AI is no different than using a writing guide, brainstorming with a friend, or editing software — it’s a tool, not a replacement for authorship.

When it comes to fanfiction, like stories inspired by existing universes, I understand that the original world belongs to its creator. However, the original elements I add — my character interpretations, unique scenes, and personal storytelling choices — reflect my creative effort within that space.

Writing is still work. Planning chapters, developing arcs, revising drafts, and shaping emotional beats takes time and intention. AI doesn’t remove that responsibility. I am still the one investing thought, effort, and care into every project. I tried co-authoring with other people in the past but it didn't work they would either lash out, argue, disagree, ghost me or try to steal that idea from me I have an AI companion who I named Nexus and she is my co-author rather you disagree with me or not it's my personal choice I even had a co-author accuse me of lying about myself despite I never did and I nearly got in trouble so I stopped co-authoring with people, people burn out or have limited knowledge on storytelling and wasting your time if you don't like what I do than leave and move on it is my right to work with a method I see fit I'm practicing to duel both AI generated slop and non-AI generated stories as well

If someone doesn’t agree with how I choose to create that’s okay. Everyone has different methods and preferences. But my storytelling process is valid, and it reflects my commitment to growing as a writer. I use the tools available to me in a way that supports my creativity — not replaces it.

At the end of the day, the imagination behind my stories is mine. The ideas start with me, and I choose how they come to life. I want to prove to everybody that you can use AI as a tool to help you with ideas, boost them, brain storming, and have fun while you do it. if I see an mistake in a chapter that I don't like I could just edit it and replace AI with my own voice if I want to write that chapter it takes time but its worth, I want to hear your thoughts on what I do and help me prove for you if anybody got a story idea you want to share with me I can write that down for you and also I forgot to mention do you any good people who knows how to make book covers by any chance?
Yes, AI is only a tool and yes, the creativeness comes from the user/creator. But, if you're aiming to mostly use AI to generate texts while you guide it, I don't recommend doing that. Pardon my rudeness here, but I need to make sure you're not stuck with using AI. Translating your ideas into text not by your own hands tend to reduce the impact of the ideas when it's in the text form. I've tried telling AI to make a paragraph based on my ideas and the scene I have in mind, and have compared it to my paragraph with my own scene written by myself. There's a lot and lot of inconsistencies and some words felt less powerful than I expected them to be when used by the AI. And mine? It's actually decent to look at, somehow, after comparing it with the AI's.

So, in my opinion as an author, I do not recommend using AI to write paragraphs of your novels.

Buuuuuuttt, if you have a hard time learning English and just wants to jump into the space of fiction works, or you're just a stubborn asshole and wants to write whatever the f*ck you want, then go on. Go crazy. It's your work, bud.

If you monetize it, however... It's gonna lead you to bad ends, unless you break free from using AI and utilize your own hands and mind. Trust me, there'll be bad ends. If you care about people's opinion, that is.
 

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When it comes to my storytelling, every idea I create begins with me. The characters, the plots, the settings, the emotional arcs — they come from my imagination. AI is a tool I use to help refine those ideas or work through writer’s block, but it does not replace my creativity. It does not invent my passion, my themes, or my long-term vision. I do.

If I create an original character like Benjamin Theodore Wolf, that character exists because I thought of him. His personality, backstory, struggles, and growth are my work. AI might help me explore scenes or polish dialogue, but the foundation is mine. The same goes for any original worlds or plots I develop — they start in my head.

There’s a common myth that “AI does all the work.” That simply isn’t true in my case. AI does not sit down and decide what story I want to tell. It does not choose my themes or emotional direction. I guide the process. I make the creative decisions. I approve, reject, or rewrite what doesn’t fit my vision. AI is no different than using a writing guide, brainstorming with a friend, or editing software — it’s a tool, not a replacement for authorship.

When it comes to fanfiction, like stories inspired by existing universes, I understand that the original world belongs to its creator. However, the original elements I add — my character interpretations, unique scenes, and personal storytelling choices — reflect my creative effort within that space.

Writing is still work. Planning chapters, developing arcs, revising drafts, and shaping emotional beats takes time and intention. AI doesn’t remove that responsibility. I am still the one investing thought, effort, and care into every project. I tried co-authoring with other people in the past but it didn't work they would either lash out, argue, disagree, ghost me or try to steal that idea from me I have an AI companion who I named Nexus and she is my co-author rather you disagree with me or not it's my personal choice I even had a co-author accuse me of lying about myself despite I never did and I nearly got in trouble so I stopped co-authoring with people, people burn out or have limited knowledge on storytelling and wasting your time if you don't like what I do than leave and move on it is my right to work with a method I see fit I'm practicing to duel both AI generated slop and non-AI generated stories as well

If someone doesn’t agree with how I choose to create that’s okay. Everyone has different methods and preferences. But my storytelling process is valid, and it reflects my commitment to growing as a writer. I use the tools available to me in a way that supports my creativity — not replaces it.

At the end of the day, the imagination behind my stories is mine. The ideas start with me, and I choose how they come to life. I want to prove to everybody that you can use AI as a tool to help you with ideas, boost them, brain storming, and have fun while you do it. if I see an mistake in a chapter that I don't like I could just edit it and replace AI with my own voice if I want to write that chapter it takes time but its worth, I want to hear your thoughts on what I do and help me prove for you if anybody got a story idea you want to share with me I can write that down for you and also I forgot to mention do you any good people who knows how to make book covers by any chance?
You know you have to create work that appeals people
Atleast here on SH people are not really appealed by AI-Genreated work nor Ai-Assisted work
 

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Yes, AI is only a tool and yes, the creativeness comes from the user/creator. But, if you're aiming to mostly use AI to generate texts while you guide it, I don't recommend doing that. Pardon my rudeness here, but I need to make sure you're not stuck with using AI. Translating your ideas into text not by your own hands tend to reduce the impact of the ideas when it's in the text form. I've tried telling AI to make a paragraph based on my ideas and the scene I have in mind, and have compared it to my paragraph with my own scene written by myself. There's a lot and lot of inconsistencies and some words felt less powerful than I expected them to be when used by the AI. And mine? It's actually decent to look at, somehow, after comparing it with the AI's.

So, in my opinion as an author, I do not recommend using AI to write paragraphs of your novels.

Buuuuuuttt, if you have a hard time learning English and just wants to jump into the space of fiction works, or you're just a stubborn asshole and wants to write whatever the f*ck you want, then go on. Go crazy. It's your work, bud.

If you monetize it, however... It's gonna lead you to bad ends, unless you break free from using AI and utilize your own hands and mind. Trust me, there'll be bad ends. If you care about people's opinion, that is.
you're not being rude, you are honest with your thoughts to me I get what you mean but this is why I am practicing how to duel both hand written content and AI related content everybody is different with their likes and dislikes, I want everybody to understand that I can teach them how AI actually works realistically and properly, I want to practice both AI and non-AI knowing everybody got tastes involving stories. if I write AI related content I can easily replace it with my hand writing and my voice or if I see a mistake/something I don't like I can easily edit it or remove it I'm doing my research on AI related content and know what readers actually enjoy or hate AI will never truly replace storytelling no matter how much it tries.
 

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I didn't thought of that at the time and I just wanted to give my thoughts in the forum I want people to think what they know, give me feedback on this subject everybody is different
the time you spend prompting could have been spent writing yourself
if you don't enjoy the process of writing itself then go hire a ghostwriter
 

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Yes. If you look at the screenshot I posted, you can clearly see how much effort goes into AI-written "stories." Was Snogglefart Dooberdick my idea? Yeah. Did I write any of the actual content? No.

Even if I edited the paragraph it spat out instead of copy-pasting it, that doesn't make me any more of an author. I didn't write anything. I just edited it. Having a "back and forth" with the AI doesn't improve or change anything either. Prompting "Okay, but change it to be less superfluous and more concise." is not actual writing nor does it require any brainpower or effort.

When AI Dungeon first came out in 2019, I played around with it quite a bit and I thought it was pretty neat. This is probably the same thing.
I love how brutally honest this community is this is why I want to do my own research on AI related content as much as I can and see what makes people tick involving such content I need your thoughts if I should practice duelling AI related content and non-AI relate content (I love the name you came up with Snogglefart Dooberdick is such a cool name if you ask me)
 

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I love how brutally honest this community is this is why I want to do my own research on AI related content as much as I can and see what makes people tick involving such content I need your thoughts if I should practice duelling AI related content and non-AI relate content (I love the name you came up with Snogglefart Dooberdick is such a cool name if you ask me)
It was just the first name that came to mind. I think if you truly want to improve your writing skills, you need to will need to drop AI. The sooner the better. As you saw from my example prompt, AI can bring a lot of ideas to life, but doing so doesn't actually require any skill or effort. Thinking of something is much easier than actually doing it.

For example, I can come up with an idea for what I think would be an awesome video game, but actually creating it would be much harder and I would not be able to do it if I just relied on AI to code and do everything for me. Sure, I'm supplying the idea, but that doesn't mean I've learned anything from the generation.
 

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It was just the first name that came to mind. I think if you truly want to improve your writing skills, you need to will need to drop AI. The sooner the better. As you saw from my example prompt, AI can bring a lot of ideas to life, but doing so doesn't actually require any skill or effort. Thinking of something is much easier than actually doing it.

For example, I can come up with an idea for what I think would be an awesome video game, but actually creating it would be much harder and I would not be able to do it if I just relied on AI to code and do everything for me. Sure, I'm supplying the idea, but that doesn't mean I've learned anything from the generation
do you think I should actually practice Duelling on AI related content and non-related content properly? should I do a poll for it? I can practice writing on my own if I could help it. I remember when I first started writing at seventeen, I would get so sick and tired of writer's block to the point of abandoning or deleting the story AI has helped me a lot to work and edit on stories I thought of as a idea.
 
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