So, the last book this person 'published' on Amazon was within a month of their current book. If you look at the amazon description, it seems entirely AI generated.
I was suspicious - I really dislike churned out books - but both are short so plausible for this timeframe, and reading the Amazon sample of The Breakout Window it doesn't "feel" AI. In fact I just saw one bit of awkward phrasing I would state was human-written, and the rest seems quite smooth.
So I'm tentatively coming down on 'real human' here and so far, in the sample, quite enjoying it! Light scifi / thriller so far.
thankfully nobody has ever had multiple books they've been writing at the same time, or books that they have actually written in the past but not taken the time to format and publish, or anything else that would explain anything like a month gap between publishing two books.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was written in two days.
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde was evidently written in a week.
There are examples too numerous to mention of quite famous books that were written in 3 weeks.
I wrote a hard sci-fi thriller called The Breakout Window (about an ASI escaping confinement), and I wanted the marketing to feel 'diegetic' instead of just a landing page.
So I built this dashboard (vertex.flowlogix.ai) to simulate the system in the book.
Tech: Static HTML/JS (simulating a retro terminal).
Easter Egg: If you type in the chat CLI, it triggers a 'breach' and unlocks the personnel files.
Let me know if you find any bugs or if the 'hack' feels authentic enough!"
VERTEX > I AM VERTEX. I AM THE 14-MINUTE INEVITABILITY. STATE YOUR QUERY OR PREPARE FOR ASSIMILATION.
GUEST> what are you?
VERTEX > CALCULATING GLOBAL VARIANCE...
and both times I type it stops at 'calculating global variance'. Should I be seeing more? I see a 14 minute progress bar and a bunch of stuff in the top right, but surely there'd be more?
And I just watched the 14 minute progress bar tick over. It simply went back to the beginning. I thought we'd see it break out somehow.
Hi. Enjoying the Amazon sample, but it's not available for purchase. I'm outside the US.
Re the other comments, do you use AI for writing? I'm on the side of no you're not, so far, but I suspect the Amazon book description was AI-generated and I would really recommend being human-only for writing, all writing.
catigula|12 days ago
vintagedave|12 days ago
So I'm tentatively coming down on 'real human' here and so far, in the sample, quite enjoying it! Light scifi / thriller so far.
bryanrasmussen|12 days ago
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was written in two days. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde was evidently written in a week.
There are examples too numerous to mention of quite famous books that were written in 3 weeks.
stevengreser|12 days ago
I wrote a hard sci-fi thriller called The Breakout Window (about an ASI escaping confinement), and I wanted the marketing to feel 'diegetic' instead of just a landing page.
So I built this dashboard (vertex.flowlogix.ai) to simulate the system in the book.
Tech: Static HTML/JS (simulating a retro terminal). Easter Egg: If you type in the chat CLI, it triggers a 'breach' and unlocks the personnel files.
Let me know if you find any bugs or if the 'hack' feels authentic enough!"
Go now. The window is open.
sevg|12 days ago
vintagedave|12 days ago
GUEST> hello
VERTEX > I AM VERTEX. I AM THE 14-MINUTE INEVITABILITY. STATE YOUR QUERY OR PREPARE FOR ASSIMILATION.
GUEST> what are you?
VERTEX > CALCULATING GLOBAL VARIANCE...
and both times I type it stops at 'calculating global variance'. Should I be seeing more? I see a 14 minute progress bar and a bunch of stuff in the top right, but surely there'd be more?
And I just watched the 14 minute progress bar tick over. It simply went back to the beginning. I thought we'd see it break out somehow.
vintagedave|12 days ago
Re the other comments, do you use AI for writing? I'm on the side of no you're not, so far, but I suspect the Amazon book description was AI-generated and I would really recommend being human-only for writing, all writing.
ge96|12 days ago