Human Creativity Faces an Identity and Authenticity Crisis

Is the book publishing industry willing and able to defend the autonomy of human authors?

When the first AI co-authoring scandals emerge, how will the publishing industry respond, with its increasing reliance on an author’s personal image and online stance on contemporary issues?

What will happen when faithful readers, idolising their favourite writers, lose faith in what they read, and wonder if the words they love might have come from a mac…