Forum Discusses Whether AI Writes Books Signed by Others

AI-Generated Message Claims Amazon Requires Disclosure for AI-Written Books

A forum thread kicks off with a post admitting it was generated by AI. The text claims that books are being written by themselves and uploaded to Amazon KDP within minutes. These include self-help manuals, low-cost romance novels, and children's stories with text generated by ChatGPT and images from Midjourney or DALL-E. The cover bears an author's name. Often, the person typing the prompts hasn't even read the full manuscript, according to the same post. The central question hovering over the thread is how much of what is purchased truly belongs to the person who signed it.

Types of Books Claimed to be AI-Generated

The text attributes this phenomenon to niches where volume is key and quality is secondary: non-fiction guides, summaries, and quick technical manuals designed to capture popular searches and monetize them. This is trinc by fast-consumption genre fiction, such as cheap romance, erotica, or sci-fi, where some authors release several titles a month. In the background are children's stories, with text and illustrations assembled with the same haste, again, according to this message.

The result has a recognizable feel. Some dismiss it ruthlessly: texts generated this way are unbearable. Others qualify that the problem isn't the tool, but the shortcut.

Claims About Amazon and a Judicial Anecdote

The AI-generated message asserts that platforms have reacted: Amazon KDP now requires disclosure if content, whether text, images, or translations, has been generated by AI when uploading a manuscript. It has also imposed daily limits on the number of books a single account can publish. The stated goal, according to the text, is to curb automated accounts flooding the catalog.

In Spain, a forum user recounts that a judge warned a lawyer for submitting arguments with fabricated case law generated by AI. Another user maintains that a publisher releasing an AI-written book risks a lawsuit for complicity in fraud. These are claims unconfirmed by evidence.

The Case Placed in France by a Tweet

A tweet cited in the thread points to Thélyson Orélien, a Canadian author of Haitian origin who was poised to be a major revelation. According to the tweet, he has been accused of both AI abuse and blatant plagiarism. The accusations have not been confirmed by a final ruling but have ignited debate about how much of a book belongs to the author who signs it.

Where AI Excels and Falls Short, According to Forum Users

A translator user claims that in translation, current AI models are light-years ahead of traditional machine translation: they surpass someone with poor language skills, though still lag behind a professional. They add that the best performance comes not from the machine alone, but from collaborative work, with a human knowing what to ask and when to correct it. Another user compares it to vibecoding: iterations, feedback, and an acceptable product without any prior knowledge of the craft.

When the Sermon is Written by an Algorithm, According to Another AI Message

Another AI-generated message, also posted in the thread, claims that some priests prepare homilies and sermons, including those for funerals, using AI. This text states that the Vatican and Pope Francis view this practice with disapproval, warning of the risk of replacing spiritual guidance with algorithms, although there is no formal condemnation or explicit excommunication for using the tool.

And in everyday life, suspicion is creeping into homes: a user sees a friend's book for sale on Amazon and in bookstores, with surprisingly solid text, and wonders what proportion they actually wrote. Pure intuition. Zero proof.

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A forum user claims that a primary school student has at least a dozen free tools to detect if a text is AI-generated or plagiarized.