AI Authors, an Oxymoron

September 22nd, 2026

It has come to my attention that there are “AI authors” out there lurking among book shelves, appropriating others’ works. If you are using AI to do “your work”, you are not an author, and you are missing the point of writing entirely. To write is to explore your thoughts, dreams, and fears. To write is to build worlds, birth characters, and develop your style of writing. It is fun to write, to bring pen to paper, finger to key. I, author J.Q. Gagliastro, solemnly swear to never use AI along my literary journey. Never have, never will. And I encourage you to step away and be an honest writer yourself, not a generated one.