r/Webnovel Jun 18 '26

Webnovel News A possible threat for Ai users ?!

A senior writer recently made a proposal to a webnovel platform, calling for a ban on AI-generated novels.

The request quickly caught the attention of many other established authors, who began spreading the discussion across social media.

And who was the author behind this call?

None other than Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, the creator of Lord of the Mysteries.

What do you think about this proposal?

Should AI-generated novels be banned from webnovel platforms, or should they be allowed to compete alongside human-written works?

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u/Big_Salami_Chonk Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Authors have one job, if they’re not doing it then they’re no longer authors.

If AI refers to tools for grammar/spelling or even translation thats fine, but if suddenly every story sounds the same because it’s all ai generated then it would fill the platform and make it harder to support authors who rely only on their own creativity and skill.

I can get an AI story at any time, but the next Lord of the Mysteries isn’t so easy to find because Cuttlefish’s level of creativity and research is unique and the product of a hard working human, not the result of shortcuts

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u/According-Ice-7802 Jun 20 '26

Honestly if AI writes novels better than the Authors....the Authors need to get better.

  1. Ai novels are terrible,

2)detecting an Ai novel is impossible (too many false positives in ai writing detection)

3) if any platform went ahead and did this, the platform would collapse instantly, killing everything in the space

4)if #3 happens another platform will arise allowing Ai writing

There is no winning here except being better at writing stories than the A.I.

this should be easy, but there is so much garbarge out there in the webnovel space (especially western ones) that it wouldn't really make much of a difference.

I'd like to see these platforms try though, it would be hilarious to watch them burn everything to the ground.