What John Scalzi thinks about AI writing

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American science fiction novelist (Old Man's War, Redshirts, The Kaiju Preservation Society); has run the blog Whatever since 1998.

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1. 20 Sept 2026

   Our readingAI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse.

   Their wordsno, I don't think AI will keep me from hitting any of these anniversaries as a working writer, unless it triggers the apocalypse, in which case we have other problems.

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