What about an author's credibility or even their brand if they rely too heavily on AI with, let's say, not thinking it through sufficiently, like you mentioned?

It depends on how much the author relies on their credibility.

And I've seen this with music and I've seen this with writing.

If it's an author who just wants to get out there and make as many generic sales or have certain kind of numbers, some people are just about the number generation, then they don't care.

If you're an author who really cares about your reputation and your craft, write.

Don't use AI to write for you.

It is your reputation.

Now, the book may or may not have gone through the copyright process, but yet I believe that a lot of people put that in.