How Novelists and Short Story Writers Can Help AI (Yes, you read that right)

Much has been written about how horrific AI is for creativity especially for writers of fiction.  Here's a recent editorial on the subject by Colson Whitehead. Others in the publication industry are clutching their pearls about the discoveries of authors writing some, well almost all, of their novel using AI, and have even (further gasps) they've withdrawn such putative works from publication.

Let's be clear--in my website blog, I've have already disclosed the strictly limited use of AI in my recent novels (mainly to check out settings in foreign places I've never visited and to check that nobody else is using titles I've chosen. (Disclosure--Chosen with the help of my writing buddy). (Further disclosure: I checked with my personal AI assistant to ensure I was using putative correctly).

Imagine my shock this morning while cruising my LinkedIn app when I stumbled over a posting wishing to hire reputable short story writers and novelists (If such there are) as contractors (!) to help improve AI content, specifically with regard to creativity. (Is there an oxymoron embedded therein?)­­­­­