About a study where readers compared AI-written stories with professional authors' stories.
Has this happened?
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About a study where readers compared AI-written stories with professional authors' stories.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
My personal litmus test that works fairly effectively with these AI generated stories is this - if someone asked you "What was the story about?" - could you reply with anything more substantial than the prompt that was given to generate the story to begin with?
Have a read through the 10 dragon stories where the prompt was "Meeting a dragon" and you'll see what I mean.
https://mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2023/09/so-is-ai-writin...