Humans? Don't you mean content-creating machines? This week I've been grieving the loss of my work that Routledge sold to AI so it can be chopped into bits and regurgitated with a mash-up of other writers' stolen words. Routledge saw no need to even inform writers, let alone ask for permission or offer an opt-out.
These books contain years of work - research, testing, refining, developing the ideas. And its not only the words I've lost, also the images. For a chapter in an edited book, discussing the value of art journaling for social researchers, I created all the art by hand, pen and ink drawings. Now they'll be corrupted too.
Someone posted about the Routledge deal on Linked In, wondering about the "revenue stream." Huh? Doubtful we'll see any of that $10 million!
Unlike Hollywood writers, we have no union, and no protection.
Humans? Don't you mean content-creating machines? This week I've been grieving the loss of my work that Routledge sold to AI so it can be chopped into bits and regurgitated with a mash-up of other writers' stolen words. Routledge saw no need to even inform writers, let alone ask for permission or offer an opt-out.
I wrote more here: https://salmons.blog/2024/08/05/routledge-sells-out-authors-to-ai/
These books contain years of work - research, testing, refining, developing the ideas. And its not only the words I've lost, also the images. For a chapter in an edited book, discussing the value of art journaling for social researchers, I created all the art by hand, pen and ink drawings. Now they'll be corrupted too.
Someone posted about the Routledge deal on Linked In, wondering about the "revenue stream." Huh? Doubtful we'll see any of that $10 million!
Unlike Hollywood writers, we have no union, and no protection.
Your horror story applies to so many creatives. I hope this injustice is rectified.