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Highlights
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Editor is the role in the publishing process most equipped to work closely enough with a text to know, if not when AI is being used, then at least when a word or a sentence construction feels off. The more time an editor has to edit a particular book, the more care they can put into it (this is why most of them got into the book business in the first place!). The more care they put into it, the more likely that they can deal with clunky writing of any sort, which, at best, would include any attempts to pass off AI as original writing. Giving editors more time and space to, you know, edit, is not a definitive solution to the AI problem, but it’s a good start.
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humans aren’t machines that can churn out work unceasingly without rest, especially when the output is creative. In fact, we’re at our best when our working conditions allow us to spend quality time thinking, contemplating, analyzing, interpreting. Books aren’t widgets, after all (or at least the good ones aren’t). They require the guiding hand of editors who are empowered enough to be able to take all the time necessary to shape them.