Weird Fiction discussion

So - this pondering is not limited to weird fiction, but you are my first group to discuss book things with.
It looks like the current book market is flooded with fake, AI generated books. I do not want to read AI generated books. I want real books. How do I filter all AI generated books out?
One way to avoid this mess is of course simply to not read anything that came out past 2023 but that feels a bit limiting.
The next way is to not buy anything past 2023 from unknown unproven authors; that too could be limiting.
Are there any lists out there that one could rely on? Any way to tell?

I've noticed this too, but I'm not sure if there are any lists out there. You can't really just assume that all books from debut authors from 2023 onwards are fake, but you can't assume every book from an unkown author is man made either, apparently. I guess researching the author and interviews or reviews should be a first step. Any mention from a credible source would be a positive indicator. What kinds of books tend to be fake? Do you know? And where are they sold?

This is the first I am reading of this issue. I wonder if there's a considered-to-be-good AI generated story I might read, or begin to read, in order to see for myself if this is really a potential problem.

Dan wrote: "This is the first I am reading of this issue. I wonder if there's a considered-to-be-good AI generated story I might read, or begin to read, in order to see for myself if this is really a potential..."

Well recently an AI generated book won the top prize among Sci Fi books in China (probably not translated in English yet). All reviewers pointed out that the language in it was poor, but I imagine, its other qualities outweighed the poverty of the language in the juror's eyes.

I follow a ChatGPT prompts group on Facebook; they all discuss writing books, among other things, and claim 30% of the new ones are AI generated - I am sure, that number is not based on anything real, but there is enough people talking about using AI to generate books. There is quite a b it of conversation about prompts to vary sentence structure to avoid detection.

There is a certain number of AI generated research articles in peer reviewed journals that are bad enough to actually include the words, verbatim, "regenerate output".

Ah yes...this has become quite a hot button in librarian land. The college library where I work actually had to make a form for professors to request that student reference and works cited pages be inspected by the librarians to ensure that the articles being cited actually exist!
I see it as job security, but it definitely is annoying to the instructors lol

I think Goodreads as one of the better ways to tell if something is AI written or actually has a legitimate author. Amazon has also put rules on their ebooks that say whether or not it is AI generated. http://tinyurl.com/ydtrj5x2

It is a very interesting concept though and I am looking forward to seeing this type of medium develop.