(Technically I'm a published author too, I wrote the forms chapter of The Definitive Guide to Django and contributed a chapter to the Art and Science of JavaScript but those were both single chapters almost 20 years ago now so I don't really think of myself as a book author these days.)

> Finding non-fiction writers is easy because plenty of technologists

Technologists have an obvious conflict of interest, as for fiction it's not really what I'm interested in, it's like asking marlboro about the benefits of cigarettes.

Stephen King: never talks about using LLMs to write

Robin Sloan: training sets

Hugh Howey (Silo): training sets

Joanna Penn (J.F. Penn): "Write the books only you can write"

Ken Liu: "Much as the printing press changed the way we consume books, AI will change the way we consume text". A writer who talks about books as something to be "consumed" already tells you everything you need to know about them imho, aside from that they seem to say 'it's shit but who knows it might become better in the future", you'll notice even tech bros always talks about the future that never materialize. I don't see anything about writers using LLMs to write books.

Jeanette Winterson: "Humans will always want to read what other humans have to say, but like it or not, humans will be living around non-biological entities.", she already gave up as it seems

Debbie Urbanski: The only one who seem to actually use LLMs to write, I'l lgive you that

James Frey: “I use artificial intelligence because I want to write the best book possible.”, really, do I even have to say anything ?

I didn't catch that you were talking about writers who use LLMs to write here. Your quote I was responding to was:

"They don't even seem to realise they're basically killing their profession/passion in doing so, although I doubt any writer with an ounce of self respect, passion and skill would perceive llms as anything other than repulsive monstrosities"

The authors I referenced here all seemed not to perceive LLMs as "repulsive monstrosities".

I write a lot myself and I don't let LLMs write for me (beyond the occasional auto-complete to spell a word correctly - and some API documentation the other day, which was a big break from the norm for me.)

I think not letting LLMs put words in your mouth is a sensible policy for professional writers. Good writing involves caring about every word.

I love LLMs as a thesaurus though, because they help me get to the right word so much quicker!