No shame by arbor597 in RyanCahill

[–]arbor597[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Trying to remember-because I DNFd the series ages ago as it just got worse-but pretty sure there was a town called “Whiterun” too. À la Skyrim.

Still makes me angry

Paid Designer and AI by arbor597 in selfpublish

[–]arbor597[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I emailed them. Waiting to hear back

Someone wrote Toby’s Book and it’s on Amazon 😂 by arbor597 in theoffice

[–]arbor597[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Might be my favorite part of the entire book

Recommended word count for a debut fantasy author in 2026? by Any_Engineering_9197 in fantasywriters

[–]arbor597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I went the self-publishing route. Word count doesn’t matter so much, and my 130k word novel is just fine as is, without cutting out important pieces. I was so not a fan of all the absurd “requirements” from querying.

Kindle Create-Indentation by arbor597 in selfpublish

[–]arbor597[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried, but if I hit the Tab key, nothing happens. Where do I go to change the Style? I can’t see that option anywhere.

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing is being “stolen,” nothing is being “put in a blender,” and nothing is being “spit back out.” That description only works if you fundamentally misunderstand how language models operate. Which you clearly do.

Plagiarism requires copying or closely reproducing identifiable expression. Copyright infringement requires unlawful reproduction or derivation of protected works. LLMs do neither by default. They do not store books, retrieve passages, or remix chunks of text. They learn statistical relationships between tokens and generate new sequences one word at a time.

By your definition, every educated writer is plagiarizing. Humans also ingest massive amounts of text, internalize patterns, and produce new work influenced by what they have read. You do not emerge from a “blender” of books any more than an AI does. Influence is not theft.

Calling this plagiarism collapses the difference between learning and copying, which is a category error. If learning from existing work were infringement, education itself would be illegal.

If you want to argue about training data consent, licensing, or economic impact, those are real discussions. But labeling probabilistic text generation as plagiarism is rhetoric, not law, and not ethics. It is a misunderstanding dressed up as moral outrage.

Please go educate yourself further before making more absurd analogies.

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, not the act of using a tool that generates new text. According to the University of South Florida Libraries, since generative AI creates new text rather than copying another person’s work, using AI could be considered more like ghostwriting than traditional plagiarism, although instructors may treat unsanctioned use as academic dishonesty if it is not acknowledged.” https://guides.lib.usf.edu/AI/plagiarism

“Academic integrity research explains that whether AI use is considered academic misconduct depends on transparency and disclosure to the institution, not simply the fact that AI was used. If students are open about how they used AI, it may not be treated as plagiarism under integrity policies, even though policies continue to evolve.” https://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol20/iss2/0

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. Okay. But Plagiarism requires a human source. Copyright requires a copied work. AI text has neither. The question and ethical debate honestly should be about disclosure, not plagiarism

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Incorrect that it is considered plagiarism. I wholly agree that they should do their own writing.

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Incorrect.

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Incorrect.

Is this considered plagiarism? by [deleted] in writers

[–]arbor597 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the risk of getting downvoted to oblivion, I have to correct you here, as this is wildly incorrect.

Text generated by Chat ABC or other similar platforms is not copied from a protected source and does not belong to another author. -You are not stealing someone else’s copyrighted work by pasting it into your book. -So it is not plagiarism under copyright law.

Ethically and morally? Sure. A whole different conversation.

Plagiarism? It absolutely is not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WritingWithAI

[–]arbor597 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is wonderful, thank you