Kid pushes back against Mom using ChatGPT to write book for her: '[She] calls herself an author without doing any of the work'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jul 31, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

As a writer, you'd want to celebrate the success of a family member who's publishing a book… right? 

Well, this kid is infuriated at their mom, and they have every right to be annoyed. As they shared, Mom has "written" a "book." She asked ChatGPT to pen the novel for her, and get this — she didn't even bother to read it before publication! 

There are plenty of discussions about AI technology and just how far the limits can be pushed. For example, I know a lot of folks who use it constantly, for every little thing, and it kind of breaks my heart. Like, what do you mean you asked ChatGPT to write your Grandma's birthday card for you? You're asking it to write funny songs for you instead of brainstorming with your friends and laughing for hours? You want it to text your best friend back to console them after a breakup? I don't know, it feels like a little bit of my soul perishes every time I hear things like this. And AI art really grinds my gears. Why can't AI do our dishes or prepare our meals for us instead of making our art for us? 

The same goes for AI writing, which is seeping into all aspects of the written word. News orgs have been busted for using it, it's routinely penning captions for social media, and of course, people are writing books this way. While many readers won't necessarily care or even notice that what they're reading is artificially generated, they'll have a subpar reading experience either way. AI isn't always good at crafting coherent plots, characters, or building worlds. And this "author" chose to publish a book without even reading it first! It'll be interesting to see if she gets much backlash — provided the novel even remains for sale on the site in the first place — and if she gets any reviews about the material of the book pointing out the fact that no human wrote it. 

Next, read about these employees who got to tell their worst customers that actually, they are the person in charge: "It never felt better to reveal that I was the manager." 

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  • 01

    "My mom is using ChatGPT to write a book"

    As the title says, my mother says she's 'writing' a book but really she just asked chat gpt to write a book for her. At first it was just for her Linkedin and she posted it there, it got thousands of views, people are commenting and reposting and they're all talking about how insightful the posts are but really the words are not her own not in the slightest, not even the idea is hers.
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    I was fine with that because whatever, it's linkedin, someone's bound to notice but only ONE person has and she's chosen to ignore that person. Now she's putting the book on Amazon as an ebook. No matter what you try to tell her, she sees as okay because 'everyone uses ai' Now she's calling herself an author, you can't be author if ai is the writer!!
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  • 03
    The worst part is she plans on using it to get more stories so she can post it and sell it. It annoys me so much because I'm a writer, I've read books and written ever since I was a child, I know what it's like to slave over an idea and still not have it come out the way I want it to or pace the room trying to figure out how
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    I want the characters to communicate. I've lost pages on a book that took me weeks to find inspiration for so for her to just get on chat gpt and call herself an author without doing any of the work?
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    avatar_ash Did she at least read it to see if the Al story actually made sense? While I have used Al as an assistant, I haven't just told it to write me something. Instead, if I am building my characters or world, I
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    sometimes ask if I missing something that would be good to add to my target audience. It helps me make sure that I have all the pieces matching what I imagined in my head before putting them all on paper.
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    Royal-Average8115 OP replied to avatar_ash She didn't read it until she decided to put it on Amazon this morning.
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    Glittering_Bison9141 Not trying to be a luddite but Al is betraying human creativity as much as it helps with automation of manual tasks. It is a double edged sword. We need the right regulations in place. If a book is written by an Al, there should be a disclaimer on the cover...
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    365BlobbyGirl If her only praise is coming. from linked in i think you're safe. There's about as many independent thoughts on there as there is in the brain of a single particularly free spirited goat.
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    elizco I see crop like this all the time on LinkedIn. People posting these long, clearly Al-written commentaries. What annoys me even more is that the people commenting on them seem like bots too? There's a weird consistency to their responses..."So insightful", "Thank you for these insights"...really weak responses from people with
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    high-ranking job titles from companies no one has heard of with no personal opinions or anything. So Al is just helping Al spew out more and more garbage. I wish I could call out more of these posts...especially when they're posted by people I actually know. It's all drivel. No offence to your mom but I hope her "book" fails wildly and she learns to turn back to the real world.
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    MxHiram Call me radical, but i think any piece of published media written using any amount of Al should be labeled as such.
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    mynameswaffle I really don't like the "everyone uses Al" argument- because I hear it ALL the time as an artist. Al is designed to be a TOOL to help you get on your feet, not do all the running and walking for you. At that point, using Al to write makes you no better than a high schooler using it to cheat on a test.
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    allmyfrndsrheathens Remember the days when sci fi was all about Al taking care of the tedious tasks like cooking, cleaning etc so we had more time to do things like art? I don't think any reasonable person fantasised about Al doing the art while we do all the tedious sh.
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    Golotas Disciple Dont worry about it. She wont sell stuff. Artists, Writers etc.... It's. easy to get praised by people within your social circle because most of the people are good people and they dont want to put anyone down. But once money is involved usually it is tied with honesty.
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    Your mom is heading toward very ride awakening. Just let her be.... I have plenty of wanna be musicians in my family that are now reaching 50ty and still think that they will be playing on the stage for good money ... Any moment now :D
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    That being said, She will be called out very harshly for not disclaiming that she is using Al. People are very emotional about it and it will get very personal. So let her know that people will find out and what was a very small thing might become a very big thing. Especially if she cares about Social Media, this might get her really depr sed.
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    People will be brutally honest, and rightfully so. It doesnt matter if it's Al or someone else work. You always and I mean Always. have to accredit the source of the work, Otherwise you are a scumbag.
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    Royal-Average8115 OP Thankfully writing isn't my job, it's just a hobby. I'm in law school so the plan is to be an attorney in the next couple years.
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    Thomas_JCG Sounds like your mom is just petty if she suddenly decided to cop out your job.
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    mutantmonkey14 How many pages?
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    Royal-Average8115 OP It's 13 chapters and they're all pretty short not to mention dedication which ai wrote by the way and the author's note. It's around 30 pages I think.
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    fully-realized Why does it bother you so much? The people reading it have agency and the discernment. Even if it's 100% generated, it was her that did the work to generate it, to give the prompts, to post it, to publish it to Amazon. If someone wants to spend their money on it, good on her. IMO it's lazy and not the way Al is best used at all, but I'd maybe analyze what it is specifically that bothers you so much, bc it's a pretty harmless endeavor on her part.
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    Royal-Average8115 OP I think it annoys me so much because I know how much time I spend writing as a hobby so the fact that she can type in a prompt and have chatgpt write a book and then call herself an author. It's also the fact that she can write, she used to do it before i was born, this is just plain laziness.
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