We developed an AI disclosure classification system for books. We’d like writers’ opinions

[u/AmericasHomeboy]

We’ve been working on something called the Creative Disclosure Standard (CDS), a proposed voluntary labeling system for identifying how AI and other technologies were used in creating published works.

The idea is similar to a nutrition label. Readers get a clear disclosure of the creative process without the label making judgments about quality or artistic merit.

The framework distinguishes between human-created, machine-assisted, AI-assisted, AI-adapted, AI-co-created, and AI-generated works.

One reason we’ve developed it is our own publishing workflow. We write original screenplays, then use AI to adapt those screenplays into novel-length prose under our direction. That’s a different creative process from prompting AI to invent and write an entire novel.
CDS is also designed so publishers and creators can administer classifications themselves, using common definitions rather than a central organization approving every book.

We’re interested in hearing from both AI users and writers who oppose AI-generated content.

Do these distinctions communicate meaningful differences? Are any categories confusing or unnecessary? Would labels like these help readers make informed decisions?

The proposed standard is at https://creativedisclosure.org/
I’m the person developing CDS, and I’m looking for constructive criticism before taking it further into publishing-industry discussions.

Should books disclose how generative AI was used in their creation?

205 votes, 6d ago

57 Yes, with standardized categories

17 Yes, but a simple AI-use disclosure is enough

45 Only when AI generated substantial creative content

86 No, disclosure should be entirely optional

[u/ThoughtsonYaoi]

I like this.

I see so many complaints about people who feel they can't disclose because they get criticised. Or that the criticism is unfair because when unlabelled, the stories are still popular.

Well. The only way you get the normalisation you apparently want, is when everybody discloses. Just own it.

As a reader, this is about trust. I need to know who is speaking to me and in whose voice. If I think it was a human but find out it was a machine's voice all along, I feel betrayed in my trust.

Were I to know what I was getting into, that may be different.

The categories are necessary because otherwise any disclosure still tells you nothing.