Traditional publishing, due to the AI crapflood, is going to become even more inaccessible and exclusionary than it already is. You thought querying was the worst nightmare it could be before November 30, 2022? You sweet summer child.

I don’t think anyone has a good sense of how this problem will be solved. It’s possible that commercial writing is done. True literary work will still have a chance if it spreads by word of mouth but I don’t know how society will pay for it.

Trad pub isn’t likely to save us. There will be more profit in gaming these new capabilities than in trying to protect elitist literary sorts, most of whom don’t make any money.